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FUNGICIDES
This invention relates to derivatives of propenoic acid useful as
fungicides, to processes for preparing them, to fungicidal compositions
containing them, and to methods of using them to combat fungi, especially
fungal infections of plants.
A range of pesticidal alkyl 2-(substituted)pyridinyl- and
pyrimidinyloxyphenyl-3-alkoxypropenoates is described in EP-A-0242081.
The present invention provides a compound having the formula (I), and
stereoisomers thereof, in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the
other is CB; T is oxygen or sulphur; Z is optionally substituted aryl or
optionally substituted heterocyclyl; X is 0, S(O) ~ NR4, N(CHO), CRlR2,
CHR ~ CO~ CR (OR ), C=CR1R2, CHRlCHR2, CR1=CR2 CHR1CR2 CH C
CHR 0, CH(CF~)O, CH(CN)O, OCHR10, S(O)nCHR1, S~O)nCHR10, CHR1S(O)n,
CHR OS02, NR CHR , CHR NR4, C02, 02C, S020, OS02, CO.CO, COCHR1, COCHR10,
CHR CO, CHOH.CHR1, CHR .CHOH, ~, Q (for the meaning of ~ and Q, see under
"Chemical Formulae" later), CoNR4, oCoNR4, NR4Co, CSNR4, oCS.NR4, sco.NR4,
NR4Co2, NR4CS, NR4CSo, NR4CoS, NR4CoNR4l S(o)nNR4, MR4S(o)~, CS2, S~C,
CO.S, SCO, N=N, N=CR , CR =N, CHR CHR2CH(OH), CHRlOCO, CHR SCO, CHR NR4co,
CHRlNR4CoNR4- CHRlCHR2CO, CRl=NO, C(NRlR2)=No, ON=CRl, oN=C(N~lR2~,
1 2 CO OCR1R2 CHRlCHR2CMR3, OCHR1CHR , (CH2)mO, CHR OCHR ,
CHR1CHR20, OCHR1CHR20, S(O) CHR1CHR2, SCHR1CHR20, CHRlS(O)nCHR2,
CHR~-CHR2S(O) , CRl=NNE~4, NR~N=CRl, CHRlCQNR2, CHRlOCO.NR2, CH=CHCH20,
C-CCH20, COCHR1CHR20, or (R )2P~CHR2Q ; A, B and E, which may be the same
or different, are H, hydroxy, halo, C1 4 alkyl, C1 4 alkoxy, C1 4
haloalkyl, C1 4 haloalkoxy, Cl 4 alkylcarbonyl, C1 4 alkoxycarbonyl,
phenoxy, nitro or cyano; R , R2 and R3, which may be the same or different,
are H, Cl 4 alkyl or phenyl; R4 is H, C1 4 alkyl or CORl; R5 is optionally
substituted phenyl; Q is a halide anion; n is 0, 1 or 2, m is 3, 4 or 5,
and q is O or 1; provided that when q is O and Z is an optionally
substituted 3- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one
trivalent nitrogen atom, Z is not attached to the central pyrimidine ring
by said trivalent nitrogen atom, and that when q is 1 and X is 0, Z is not
optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted pyridinyl.
Because the double bond of the propenoate group is unsymmetrically
substituted, the compounds of the invention may be obtained in the form of
mixtures of (E)- and (Z)-geometric isomers. However, these mixtures can
be separated into individual isomers, and this invention embraces such
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isomers and mixtures thereof in all proportions including those which
consist substantially of the (Z)-isomer and those which consist
substantially of the (E)-isomer. The (E)-isomer, in which the groups
-C02CH3 and -OCH3 are on opposite sides of the olefinic bond of the
propenoate group, are the more fungicidally active and form a preferred
embodiment of the invention.
The substituent Z in compound (I) is optionally substituted aryl or
optionally substituted heterocyclyl. Uhere valency allows, each of the
optionally substituted groups aryl or heterocyclyl can carry up to 5
substitutents. The term "aryl" includes phenyl in particular, and
naphthyl. The term "heterocyclyl" includes 5- and 6-membered heterocyclic
groups containing one or more of each of the heteroatoms 0, S and N
(preferably S or N), fused benzenoid and heteroaromatic ring systems, and,
in each case, the corresponding N-oxides. Examples of heterocyclyl groups
which Z may be, except where otherwise indicated, are pyridinyl,
pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and 1,3,5-triazinyl,
1,2,4,5-tetrazinyl, 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-triazolyl, imidazolyl, thienyl, furyl,
pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, 1,2,4-
and 1,3,5-thiadiazolyl, oxadiazolyl, purinyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl,
quinoxalinyl, benzothienyl, benzoxazolyl, benzthiazolyl, piperidinyl,
morpholinyl, pyrrolidinyl and tetrahydrofuranyl, and, where appropriate,
the corresponding N-oxides. Substituents which may be present in the
optionally substituted aryl and heterocyclyl moieties include one or more
of the following; halo, hydroxy, oxo, mercapto, Cl 4 alkyl (especially
methyl and ethyl), C2 4 alkenyl (especially allyl), C2 4 alkynyl
~especially propargyl), C1 4 alkoxy (especially methoxy), C2 4 alkenyloxy
(especially allyloxy), C2 4 alkynyloxy (especially propargyloxy),
halo(C1 4)alkyl (especially trifluoromethyl), halo(C1 4)alkoxy (especially
trifluoromethoxy), Cl 4 alkylthio (especially methylthio), C2 4
alkenylthio, hydroxy(Cl 4)alkyl, Cl_4 alkoxy(Cl_4)a Y ~ 3-6
C3 6 cycloalkyl(Cl 4)alkyl, optionally substituted aryl (especially
optionally substituted phenyl), optionally substituted heterocyclyl
(especially optionally substituted pyridinyl or pyrimidinyl), optionally
substituted aryloxy (especially optionally substituted phenoxy), optionally
substituted phenylthio, optionally substituted heteroaryloxy (especially
optionally substituted pyridinyloxy or pyrimidinyloxy), optionally
substituted aryl(Cl 4)alkyl (especially optionally substituted benzyl,
optionally substituted phenethyl and optionally substituted phenyl-
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-n-propyl) in which the alkyl moiety is optionally substituted with
hydroxy, optionally substituted heteroaryl(Cl 4)alkyl tespecially
optionally substituted pyridinyl- or pyrimidinyl(C1 4)alkyl), optionally
substituted aryl(C2 4)alkenyl (especially optionally substituted
phenylethenyl), optionally substituted heteroaryl(C2 4)alkenyl (especially
optionally substituted pyridinylethenyl, pyrimidinylethenyl or
l-(imidazol-1-yl)vinyl~, optionally substituted aryl(C1 4)alkoxy
(especially optionally substitued benæyloxy), optionally substituted
heteroaryl(C1 4)alkoxy (especially optionally substituted pyridinyl- or
pyrimidinyl(C1 4)alkoxy), optionally substituted aryloxy(Cl 4)alkyl
(especially phenoxymethyl), optionally substituted heteroaryloxy(C1 4)alkyl
(especially optionally substituted pyridinyloxy- or pyrimidinyloxy(C1 4)-
alkyl), acyloxy, including Cl 4 alkanoyloxy (especially acetyloxy) and
benzoyloxy, cyano, isocyano, thiocyanato, isothiocyanato, nitro, -NR'R",
-N3, -NHCONR'R", -NR'COR", -CONR'R", CR'=NOR", CHR'C02R", CSNR'R", -C02R',
-OS02R', -S02R', -SOR', S020R', S02NR'R", -COR', -OCOR', -CR'=NR",
N=CHNR'R", NHS02R' or -N=CR'R" in which R' and R" are independently
hydrogen, hydroxy, C1 4 alkyl, C1 4 alkoxy, Cl 4 alkylthio, C3_6
cycloalkyl, C3 6 cycloalkyl(Cl 4)alkyl, C2 4 alkenyl, C2_4 alkenyloxy,
phenyl, phenoxy or benzyl, the phenyl, phenoxy and benzyl groups being
optionally substituted with halogen, C1 4 alkyl or C1 4 alkoxy, or two
substituents when ortho to one another join to form a 5- or 6-membered
aliphatic or aromatic ring optionally containing one or more oxygen,
sulphur or nitrogen atoms.
Substituents which may be present in the aryl or heterocyclyl rings of
any of the foregoing substituents and in the phenyl ring of R5 include one
or more of the following; halo, hydroxy, mercapto, Cl 4 alkyl, C2 4
alkenyl, C2 4 alkynyl, C1 4 alkoxy, C2 4 alkenyloxy, C2 4 alkynyloxy,
halo(C1 4)alkyl, halo~C1 4)alkoxy, C1 4 alkylthio, hydroxy(C1 4)alkyl, C1 4
alkoxy(C1 4)alkyl, C3 6 cycloalkyl, C3 6 cycloalkyl(C1 4)alkyl,
alkanoyloxy, benzyloxy, cyano, thiocyanato, nitro, -NR'R", -NHCOR',
-NHCONR'R", -CONR'R", -C02R', -OS02R', -S02R', -COR', -CR'=NR" or -N=CR'R"
in which R' and R" have the meanings given above. The aliphatic moieties
of any of the substituents may themselves be substituted with one or more
of halogen, cyano, OR', SR', NR'R", SiR'3 or OCOR', in which R' and R" have
the meanings given above.
When any of the substitutents A, B and E are C1 4 alkyl or C1 4
alkoxy, the alkyl moiety can be in the form of straight or branched chains,
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that is, the moiety may be methyl, ethyl, n- or iso-propyl, or n-, sec-,
iso_ or t-butyl. Other references herein to C1 4 alkyl and C1 4 alkoxy
carry the same meaning. Cycloalkyl groups contain from 3 to 6 carbon atoms
and include cyclopropyl and cyclohexyl. C2 4 Alkenyl groups can be in the
form of straight or branched chains and, where appropriate, may have either
the (E)- or (Z)-configuration. Examples of such groups are vinyl, allyl,
-C(CH3)=CH2, and (E)- and (Z)-crotyl.
Halogen is typically fluorine, chloriDe or bromine.
The ring containing K, L aDd M in formula (I) is a pyrimidine ring
lO which may be joined to T and Z(X)q by any two of its ring carbon atoms
adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom. Of particular interest are those
compounds of formula (I) in which K and L are both nitrogen and M is CB.
In one aspect, the invention provides a compound having the formula
(I), and stereoisomers thereof, in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen
15 and the other is CB; T is oxygen or sulphur; Z is optionally substituted
aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; X is S(O) , NR4, N(CHO), CR1R2,
CHR5, CO, CRl(OR2), C=CR1R2, CHRlcHR2~ CRl=CR2, CHR1cR2=cH, C-C, OcHR1,
CHR10, CH~CF3)0, CH(CN)O, OCHR 0, S(O)nCHR , S(O)nCHR 0, CHR S~O)n,
CHRlOS02, NR CHRl, CHRlNR4, C02, 02C, S020, OS02, CO.CO, COCHRl, COCHR10,
20 CHR1CO, CHOH.CHR1, CHR1.CHOH, ~, Q (for the meaning of ~ and Q, see under
"Chemical Formulae" later), CoNR4, ocoNR4~ NR4Co, CSNR4, oCS.NR4, sco.NR4,
NR4Co2, NR4CS, NR4CSo, NR4CoS, NR4CoNR4, S(o)nNR4, NR4S(o)~, CS2, S2C,
CO.S, SCO, N=N, N=CR , CR =N, CHR1CHR2CH(OH), CHR1OCO, CHR SCO, CHR NR4Co,
CHRlCHR2CO~ O-N=CR1~ CHR10.N=CR2, CO.OCR1R2, CHRlCHR2CHR3, ocHRlcHR
25 (CH~)mO, CHR1OCHR2, CHR1CHR20, OCHR1CHR20, S(O) CHR1CHR2, SCHR1CHR20,
CHR S(O)nCHR2, CHRlCHR2S(O)n, CRl=NNR4, NR4N=CR~, CHRlCONR2, CHRlOCO.NR2,
CH=CHCH20, C_CCH20, COCHR1CHR20, or (R5)2P+CHR2Q ; A, B and E, which may be
the same or different, are H, hydroxy, halo, C1 4 alkyl, C1 4 alkoxy, C1 4
haloalkyl, Cl 4 haloalkoxy, Cl 4 alkylcarbonyl, C1 4 alkoxycarbonyl,
30 phenoxy, nitro or cyano; R , R and R , which may be the same or different,
are H, Cl 4 alkyl or phenyl; R is H, C1 4 alkyl or CORl; R5 is optionally
substituted phenyl; Q is a halide anion; n is 0, 1 or 2, m is 3, 4 or 5,
and q is O or 1; provided that when q is O and Z is an optionally
substituted 3- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one
35 trivalent nitrogen atom, Z is not attached to the central pyrimidine ring
by said trivalent nitro~en atom.
In this aspect of the invention, "aryl" includes phenyl in particular,
and naphthyl, and "heteroaryl" includes 5- and 6- membered heterocyclic
5 2 ~ i~ 7 ~
groups containing one or more of each of the heteroatoms 0, S and N
(preferably S or N), fused benzenoid and heteroaromatic ring systems, and,
in each case, the corresponding N-oxides. Where valency allows, each of
the optionally substituted groups aryl or heteroaryl can carry up to 5
substituents. Examples of heteroaryl groups which Z may be are pyridinyl,
pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and 1,3,5-triazinyl,
1,2,4,5-tetrazinyl, 1,2,3- and 1,2,4-triazolyl, thienyl, furyl, pyrrolyl,
thiazolyl, purinyl, oxadiazolyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, quinoxalinyl,
benzothienyl, benzoxazolyl and benzthiazolyl and, where appropriate, the
corresponding N-oxides. Substituents which may be present in the
optionally substituted aryl and heteroaryl moieties include one or more of
the following; halo, hydroxy, oxo, mercapto, C1 4 alkyl (especially methyl
and ethyl), C2 4 alkenyl (especially allyl), C2 4 alkynyl (especially
propargyl), Cl 4 alkoxy (especially methoxy~, C2 4 alkenyloxy (especially
allyloxy), C2 4 alkynyloxy (especially propargyloxy), halo(C1 4~alkyl
(especially trifluoromethyl), halo(Cl 4)alkoxy (especially trifluoro-
methoxy), Cl 4 alkylthio (especially methylthio), hydroxy(Cl 4)alkyl,
Cl_4 alkoxy(Cl_4)alkyl, C3_6 cycloalkyl, C3 6 cycloalkyl(Cl 4)alkyl,
optionally substituted aryl (especially optionally substituted phenyl),
optionally subs~ituted heteroaryl (especially optionally substituted
pyridinyl or pyrimidinyl), optionally subtituted aryloxy (especially
optionally substituted phenoxy), optionally substituted heteroaryloxy
(especially optionally substituted pyridinyloxy or pyrimidinyloxy),
optionally substituted aryl(Cl 4)alkyl (especially optionally substituted
benzyl, optionally substituted phenethyl and optionally substituted phenyl-
-n-propyl) in which the alkyl moiety is optionally substituted with
hydroxy, optionally substituted heteroaryl(Cl 4)alkyl (especially
optionally substituted pyridinyl- or pyrimidinyl(Cl 4)alkyl), optionally
substituted aryl(C2 4)alkenyl (especially optionally substituted
phenylethenyl), optionally substituted heteroaryl(C2 4)alkenyl (especially
optionally substituted pyridinylethenyl or pyrimidinylethenyl), optionally
substituted aryl(Cl 4)alkoxy (especially optionally substitued benzyloxy),
optionally substituted heteroaryl(Cl 4)alkoxy (especially optionally
substituted pyridinyl- or pyrimidinyl(C1 4)alkoxy), optionally substituted
aryloxy(Cl 4)alkyl (especially phenoxymethyl), optionally substituted
heteroaryloxy(Cl 4)alkyl (especially optionally substituted pyridinyloxy-
or pyrimidinyloxy(C1 4)alkyl), acyloxy, including Cl 4 alkanoyloxy
(especially acetyloxy) and benzoyloxy, cyano, thiocyanato, nitro, -NR'R",
~r~ ~ L~
-NHCOR', -NHCONR'R", -CONR'R", -C02R', -OS02R', -S02R', -COR', -CR'=NR" or
-N=CR'R" in which R' and R" are independently hydrogen, Cl 4 alkyl, Cl 4
alkoxy, Cl 4 alkylthio, C3 6 cycloalkyl, C3 6 cycloalkyl(Cl 4)alkyl, phenyl
or benzyl, the phenyl and benzyl groups being optionally substi~uted with
halogen, Cl 4 alkyl or Cl 4 alkoxy.
Substituents which may be present in the aryl or heteroaryl rings of
any of the foregoing substituents and in the phenyl ring of R5 include one
or more of the following; halo, hydroxy, mercapto, Cl 4 alkyl, C2 4
alkenyl, C2_4 alkynyl, Cl_4 alkoxy, C2_4 alkenyloxy, C2_4 alkynyloxy 9
halo(Cl 4)alkyl, halo(Cl 4)alkoxy, Cl 4 alkylthio, hydroxy~Cl 4)alkyl, Cl 4
alkoxy(Cl 4)alkyl, C3 6 cycloalkyl, C3 6 cycloalkyl(Cl 4)alkyl,
alkanoyloxy, benzyloxy, cyano, thiocyanato, nitro, -NR'R", -NHCOR',
-NHCONR'R", -CONR'R", -C02R', -OS02R', -S02R', -COR', -CR'=NR" or -N=CR'R"
in which R' and R" have the meanings given above.
In another aspect, the invention provides a compound having the
formula (I.l), in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is
CB; X is S()n in which n is 0, 1 or 2, NH, NCH3, NCH2CH3, NCOCH3,
NCH(CH3)2, CH2, CH(CH3), C(CH3)2, CO, C=CH2, C=C(CH3)2, CH2CH2, CH(CH3)C~2,
CH2CH(CH3), (E)-CH=CH, (Z)-CH=CH, (E)-C(CH3)=C(CH3), C=C, C=CCH20, OCH2,
OCH(CH3), (CH2)pO in which p is an integer of 1 to 5, CH(CH3)0, CH(CN)O,
CH(CF3)0, SCH2, SCH(CH3), S(O)CH2, S(O)CH(CH3), S(0)2CH2, S(0)2CH(CH3),
CH2S, CH(CH3)S, CH2S(O), CH(CH3)S(O), CH2S(0)2, CH(CH3)S(0)2, NHCH2,
N(CHO), N(CH3)CH2, N(COCH3)CH2, NHCH(CH3), N(CH3)CH(CH3), N(COCH3)CH(CH3),
CH2NH, CH2N(CH3), CH2N(COCH3),`CH(CH3)NH, CH(CH3)N(CH3), CH(CH3)N(COCH3),
C02, 02C, S020, OS02, CO.CO, COCH2, COCH(CH3), CON(COC6H5), CH2CO,
CH(CH3)CO, CH(OH)CH2, CH(OH)CH(CH3), CH2CH(OH), CH(CH3)CH(OH), CONH,
CON(CH3), CON(CH2CH2CH3), CON(CHO), CON(COCH3) 9 NHCO, N(CH3)CO,
N(CH2CH3)CO, N(CHO)CO, N(COCH3)CO, CSN(CH3), CSNH, NHCS, N(CH3)CS, S02NH,
SO N(CH ), NHS02, N(CH3)S02, N(CH2CH3)S02, CS2, 2 '
(E)-N=CH, (E)-N=C(CH3), (E)-CH2=N, (E)-C(CH3)=N, CH2CH2C~2, CH(CH3)CH2CH2,
CH2CH(CH3)CH2, CH2CH2CH(CH3), OCH2CH2, CH20CH2, SCH2CH2, S(O)CH2CH2,
S(0)2CH2C~2~ SCH2CH20, CH2SCH2~ CH2S(O)CH2, CH2S(0)2CH2, CH2CH2S~
CH2CH2S(O), CH2CH2S(0)2, (E)-CH=NNH, (E)-C(C~3)=NNH, (E)-CH=NN(CH3),
(E)-NHN=CH, (E)-NHN=C(C~3), (E)-N(CH3)N=CH, CH2CONH, CH(CH3)CON(CH3),
CH(CH3)CON(CH3), (E)-CH=CHCH20, COCH2CH20, ~, ~ (for the meaning of ~ and
~, see under "Chemical Formulae" later), CH(C6H5), COCH20, CH(OH), C02CH2,
(C6H5)2P+CH2Br , CH20CO, CH2NHCO, CH2SCO, OCH20, OCH2CH20, S(O)CH20,
COCH(CH3)0, (E)-CH20N=CH, (Z)-CH20N=CH, CH2CH2CH(OH) (E)-C~2CH=CH,
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C(CH3)(0H), CH20S02, CH2NHCO.NH, OCO.NH, N~CO.NH or CH20CO.NH; q is O or 1;
A and B are independently H, halo, c1 4 alkyl, C1 4 alkoxy, C1 4 alkylthio
or amino; E is H or halo; D is H, hydroxy, halo, C1 4 alkyl, C1 4 alkoxy,
nitro, cyano, halo~C1 4)alkyl (especially trifluoromethyl), halo(C1 4)-
alkoxy (especially trifluoromethoxy), phenyl, phenoxy, NHCOR6, NHS02R6,
NR7R8, C02R7, wherein R6 is Cl 4 alkyl (especially methyl) or phenyl and R7
and R are independently H or C1 4 alkyl, or CH302C.C=CH.OCH3; and G is H,
halo, C1 4 alkyl, C1 4 alkoxy or nitro; or D and G, when they are adjacent,
join to form a benzene or pyridine ring.
More particularly, the invention includes a compound having the
formula (I.1) in which any two of K, L and M are nitrogen and the other is
CB; X is S()n in which n is 0, 1 or 2, CH2, CH2CH2, OCH29 (CH2)pO in which
p is an integer of 1 to 5, OCH20, OCH2CH20, SCH2CH20, CH(OH), CO, C02, 02C,
COS, SCO, C02CH2, S020, (Z)-CH=CH, (E)-CH=C~, (E)-CH=CHCH20, C-CCH20,
CH(CH3)0, SCH2, SCH20, S(O)C~2, S(O)CH20, CH(CN)O, CH(CF3)0, S(0)2CH2,
CONH, CSNH, NH, NCH3, CH2NH, N(C~3)CH2, NHCO, N~CHO), CON(COC6H5),
CH~OCO.NH, N(COC~3), NHS02, (E)-N=N, (Z)-N=N, (E)-N=CH, (E)-N(CH3)N=CH,
(E~-CH20N=N, (Z)-CH20N=CH, CH(C6H5), COCH20, COCH(CH3)0, CH20CO, CH2NHCO,
CH2SCO, or (C6H5)2P+CH2Br ; q is l; A, B and E are all H; D is H, hydroxy,
halo, C1 4 alkyl, C1 4 alkoxy, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl,
trifluoromethoxy, phenyl, phenoxy, amino or CH302C.C=C~.OCH3; and G is H,
halo, Cl 4 methyl, nitro; or D and G, when they are adjacent, join to form
a benzene or pyridine ring.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides a compound having the
formula (I.2), in which any two of R, L and M are nitrogen and the other is
CB; X is oxygen or sulphur; Z is an optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered
heterocyclic ring (excluding pyridine); and A, B and E are independently
hydrogen, halogen (especially fluorine and chlorine), C1 4 alkyl
(especially methyl), Cl 4 alkoxy (especially methoxy), cyano, nitro or
trifluoromethyl; and their N-oxides and N-alkyl salts.
In the formula (I.2), the pyrimidine ring containing K, L and M may be
joined to the substituted phenoxy and -X-Z groups by any two of its ring
carbon atoms adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom. The oxygen or sulphur atom
X may join the heterocyclic ring Z at any of its ring atoms which valency
allows.
The group Z may be any optionally substituted 5- or 6-membered
heterocyclic ring except pyridine. The heterocyclic ring, which is
suitably but not necessarily heteroaromatic, may be, for example, one of
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the following rings, in each case linked from any atom of the ring Z which
valency allows: furan, thiophene, pyrrole, imidazole, pyrazole, thiazole,
isothiazole~ oxazole, isoxazole, 1,2,4-triazole, 1,2,3-triazole,
1,2,4-thiadiazole, 1,3,4-thiadiazole, pyrimidine, pyrazine, pyridazine,
1,2,4-triazine, 1,3,5-triazine, piperidine, morpholine, pyrrolidine or
tetrahydrofuran.
Optional substituents of the heterocyclic ring Z include one or more
of halogen, C1_4 alkyl, C3_6 cycloalkyl, C2_4 alkenyl, C2_4 alkynyl, C2_4
alkenyloxy, C2 4 alkynyloxy, phenyl, benzyloxy, cyano, isocyano,
isothiocyanato, nitro, NR'R", NR'OR", N3, NHCOR', NR'COR", NHCONR'R",
N=CHNR'R", NHS02R', OR', OCOR', OS02R', SR', SOR', S02R', S020R', S02NR'R",
COR', CR'=NOR", CHR'C02R", C02R', CONR'R", CSNR'R", CH302C.C:CH.OCH3,
1-(imidazol-1-yl)vinyl, a 5-membered heterocyclic ring containing one, two
or three nitrogen heteroatoms, or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring
containing one or two oxygen or sulphur heteroatoms, optionally a nitrogen
heteroatom and optionally one or two oxo or thioxo substituents; or two
substituents when ortho to one another, join to form a 5- or 6-membered
aliphatic or aromatic ring optionally containing one or more oxygen,
sulphur or nitrogen atoms. R' and R" are independently hydrogen, C1 4
alkyl, C2 4 alkenyl or phenyl. The aliphatic moieties of any of the
substituents may themselves be substituted with one or more of halogen,
cyano, OR', SR', NR'R", SiR'3 or OCOR' and the phenyl moieties of any of
the substituents may themselves be substituted with one or more of halogen,
C1 4 alkyl, C1 4 alkoxy, nitro or cyano.
Of particular interest are those compounds of formula (I.2) in which K
and L are both nitrogen and M is C~.
The invention is illustrated by the compounds listed in Tables I to
VI which follow. The compounds of Tables I to VI have the formulae (I.3)
to (I.8), respectively, in which the values of A, B, Z, X and q are given
in the tables. Throughout the tables the methyl 3-methoxypropenoate group
has the (E)-configuration.
TABLE I (Formula I.3)
.
Compound z X q A B
No
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1 C6H5 S 1 H H
C6H5 SO 1 H H
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TABLE I ~continued)
Compound z
X q A B
- - - S2 1 H - ~
6H5 NH 1 H H
6H5 NCH3 1 H H
6H5 2CH3 1 H H
C6H5 NCOCH3 1 H H
6H5 NCH(CH3)2 1 H H
6H5 CH2 1 H H
C6H5 CH(CH3) 1 H H
11 C6H5 C(CH3)2 1 H H
12 C6H5 CO 1 H H
13 C6H5 C=CH2 1 H H
14 C6H5 C=C(CH3)2 1 H H
C6H5 CH2CH2 1 H H
16 C6H5 CH(cH3)cH2 1 H H
17 C6H5 CH2CH(CH3) 1 H H
18 C6H5 (E)-CH=CH 1 H H
19 C6H5 (E)-C(CH3)=C(CH3) 1 H H
C6H5 C=C 1 H H
21 C6H5 OCH2 1 H H
22 C6H5 OCH(CH3) 1 H H
23 C6H5 CH20 1 H H
24 C6H5 CH(CH3)0 1 H H
C6H5 SCH2 1 H H
26 C6H5 SCH(CH3) 1 H H
27 C6H5 S(O)CH2 1 H H
28 C6H5 ~(O)CH(CH3) 1 H H
29 C6H5 S(0)2CH2 1 H H
C6H5 S(0)2CH(cH3) 1 H H
31 C6H5 CH2S 1 H H
32 C6H5 CH(CH3)S 1 H H
6H5 CH2S(O) 1 H H
C6H5 CH(CH3)S(O) 1 H H
C6H5 CH2S(0)2 1 H H
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Compound z
X q A B
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36 C6H5 CH(CH3)S(o)2 1 H H
5 37 C6H5 NHCH2 1 H H
38 C6H5 ( 3)CH2 1 H H
6H5 N(cocH3)cH2 1 H H
6H5 NHCH(CH3) 1 H H
41 C6H5 N(CH3)CH(cH3) 1 H H
lO 42 C6H5 N(COCH3)CH(CH3) 1 H H
6H5 CH2NH 1 H H
C6H5 CH2N(CH3) 1 H H
C6H5 CH2N(COCH3) 1 H H
46 C6H5 CH(CH3)NH 1 H H
15 47 C6H5 CH(CH3)N(CH3) 1 H H
48 C6H5 CH(CH3)N(COCH3) 1 H H
49 C6H5 C02 1 H H
C6H5 02C 1 H H
51 C6H5 S020 1 H H
20 52 C6H5 OS02 1 H H
C6H5 CO.CO 1 H H
6H5 COCH2 1 H H
C6H5 COCH(CH3) 1 H H
56 C6H5 CH2C 1 H H
25 57 C6H5 CH(CH3)CO 1 H H
58 C6H5 CH(OH)CH2 1 H H
C6H5 CH(OH)CH(CH3) 1 H H
C6H5 CH2CH(OH) 1 H H
61 C6H5 CH(CH3)CH(OH) 1 H H
30 62 C6H5 CONH 1 H H
63 C6H5 CoN(cH3) 1 H H
64 C6H5 CoN~cH2cH2cH3) 1 H H
C6H5 CON(CHO) 1 H H
66 C6H5 CON(COCH3) 1 H H
35 67 C6H5 NHCO 1 H H
68 C6Hs N(CH3)Co 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
Compound z
X q A B
69 6 5 N(cH2cH3)co 1 - - --
C6H5 N(CHO)CO 1 H H
71 C6H5 N(cocH3)co 1 H H
72 C6H5 CSN(CH3) 1 H H
6H5 CSNH 1 H H
6H5 NHCS 1 H H
C6H5 ( 3)CS 1 H H
76 C6H5 S2NH 1 H H
C6H5 So2N(cH3) 1 H H
78 C6H5 NHS02 1 H H
79 C6H5 ( 3)S2 1 H H
C6H5 N(cH2cH3)so2 1 H H
81 C6H5 CS2 1 H H
B2 C6H5 S2C 1 H H
83 C6H5 COS 1 H H
84 C6H5 SCO 1 H H
C6H5 (E)-N=N 1 H H
86 C6H5 (E)-N=CH 1 H H
87 C6H5 (E)-N=C(CH3) 1 H H
88 C6H5 (E)-CH=N 1 H H
89 C6H5 (E)-C(CH3)=N 1 H H
C6H5 CH2CH2CH2 l H H
91 C6H5 CH(CH3)CH2CH2 1 H H
92 C6H5 CH2cH(cH3)cH2 1 H H
93 C6H5 CH2cH2cH(cH3) 1 H H
6~5 CH2CH2 1 H H
C6H5 CH20CH2 1 H H
96 C6H5 CH2CH20 1 H H
97 C6H5 SCH2CH2 . 1 H H
98 C6H5 S(O)CH2CH2 1 H H
6H5 S(0)2CH2CH2 1 H H
100 C6H5 CH2SCH2 1 H
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TABLE I (continued)
Compound z
X q A B
101 C6H5 CH2S(O)CH2 1 H H
102 C6H5 CH2s(o)2cH2 1 H H
103 C6H5 CH2CH2S 1 H H
104 C6H5 CH2cH2s(o) 1 H H
105 C6H5 2 2S()2 1 H H
106 C6H5 (E)-CH=NNH 1 H H
107 C6H5 (E)-C(CH3)=NNH 1 H H
108 C6H5 (E)-CH=NN(CH3) 1 H H
109 C6H5 (E)-NHN=cH 1 H H
110 C6H5 (E)-NHN=C(CH3) 1 H H
111 C6H5 (E)-N(CH3)N=CH 1 H H
112 C6H5 CH2CONH 1 H H
113 C6H5 CH(CH3)CON(CH3) 1 H H
114 C6H5 CH(CH3)CON(CH3) 1 H H
115 C6H5 (E)-CH=CHCH20 1 H H
116 C6H5 OCH2CH2o 1 H H
117 C6H5 * 1 H H
118 C6H5 * 1 H H
119 2-Cl-C6H4 S 1 H H
120 3-Cl-C6H4 N(CH3) l H H
121 4-Cl-C6H4 NH 1 H H
122 2-F-C6H4 OCH2 1 H H
123 3-F-C6H4 CH20 1 H H
124 4-F-C6H4 S 1 H H
125 3 C6H4 N(CH3) 1 H H
126 3-CH3-C6H4 CH2 1 H H
127 4-CH3-C6H4 OCH2 1 H H
128 2-cH3o-c6H4 CH20 1 H H
lZ9 3-CH30-C6H4 S 1 H H
130 4-CH30-C6H4 N(CH3) 1 H H
131 N02 C6H4 NH 1 H H
35 132 3-N02-C6H4 OCH2 1 H H
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Compound
Z X q A B
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1334-N02-C6H4 CH20 1 H H
1342-cyano-c6H4 S 1 H H
1353-cyano-c6H4 N(CH3) 1 H H
1364-cyano-c6H4 CH2 1 H H
1372-gr-c6H4 OCH2 1 H H
1383-Br-C6H4 CH20 1 H H
1394-Br-C6H4 S 1 H H
1403 C6H4 N(CH3) 1 H H
1413-CF3-C6H4 NH 1 H H
1424-CF3-C6H4 OCH2 1 H H
1432-c6H5o-c6H4 CH20 1 H H
1446H50 C6H4 S 1 H H
145C6H50 C6H4 N(CH3) 1 H H
1463 H20 C6H4 CH2 1 H H
1473-cH3cH2o-c6H4 OCH2 1 H H
1484-cH3cH2o-c6H4 CH20 1 H H
1496 5 C6H4 S 1 H H
150C6H5 C6H4 N(CH3) 1 H H
151C6H5 C6H4 NH 1 H H
1522,3-di-cl-c6H3 OCH2 1 H H
1532,4-di-Gl-c6H3 CH20 1 H H
1542,5-di-Cl-C6H3 S 1 H H
1552t6-di-cl-c6H3 N~CH3) 1 H H
1563 J 4-di-cl-c6H3 CH2 1 H H
1573,5-di-Cl_C6~3 OCH2 1 H H
1582-cl-3-cH3o-c6H3 CH20 1 H H
1592-cl-4-cH3o-c6H3 S 1 H H
1602-cl-5-cH3o-c6H3 N(CH3) 1 H H
1612-Cl-6-CH30-C6H3 : NH 1 H H
1623-cl-4-cH3o-c6H3 OCH2 1 H H
1633-Cl-5-CH30-C6H3~ CH20 1 H H
1642-cH3o-3-cl-c6H3 S 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
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Compound 7
~ X q A B
165 2-cH3o-4-cl-c6H N(CH3) 1 H
166 2-cH3o-5-cl-c6H3 CH2 1 H H
167 3-CH30-4_Cl_c6H3 OCH2 l H H
168 l-Naphthyl CH20 1 H H
169 2-Naphthyl S 1 H H
170 2-(E)-(cH3o2c.c=cH.ocH3)c6H4 N(CH3) 1 H H
171 " NH 1 H H
172 " OCH2 1 H H
173 " CH20 1 H H
174 " S 1 H H
175 C6F5 N(CH3) 1 H H
176 2,6-di_F_C6H3 CH2 1 H H
177 2-Cyano-6-F-C6H OCH2 1 H H
178 3-cYano-4~6-di-F-c6H2 CH20 1 H H
179 2~6-di-CYano-C6H3 S 1 H H
180 C6H5 0 H H
181 2-Cl-C6H4 0 H H
182 3-F-C6H4 0 H H
183 4-CH3-C6H4 . 0 H H
184 2-cH3o-c6H4 0 H H
185 2,6-di-F-C6H4 _ 0 H H
186 Pyridin-2-yl - 0 H H
187 Pyridin-3-yl - 0 H H
188 Pyridin-4-yl - 0 H H
189 Pyrimidin-2-yl - 0 H H
190 Pyrimidin-4-yl - 0 H H
191 Pyrimidin-5-yl - 0 H H
192 1,2,4-Triazin-3-yl - 0 H H
193 1,3,5-Triazin-2-yl - 0 H H
194 Pyrazin-2-yl - 0 H H
195 Pyridazin-3-yl - 0 H H
196 Pyridazin-4-yl - 0 H H
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TAsLE I (continued~
Compound
Z X q A B
197 Quinolin-2-yl - 0 H H
198 Benzoxazol-2-yl - 0 H H
199 Benzthiazol-2-yl - 0 H H
200 Thien-2-yl - 0 H H
201 Thien-3-yl - 0 H H
202 5-CF3-Pyridin-2-yl - 0 H H
203 3-F-Pyridin-2-yl - 0 H H
204 3-Cl-Pyridin-2-yl - 0 H H
205 4-Br-Pyridin-2-yl - C H H
206 5-CH3-Pyridin-2-yl - 0 H H
207 6-CH30-Pyridin-2-yl - 0 H H
208 2-F-Pyridin-3-yl - 0 H H
209 3-CF3-Pyridin-4-yl - 0 H H
210 C6H5 0 Cl H
211 C6H5 N(CH3) 1 Cl H
212 C6H5 NH CH30 H
213 C6H5 OCH2 1 CH3S H
214 C6H5 CH20 1 NH2 H
215 C6H5 S 1 H F
216 C6H5 N~CH3) 1 H Cl
217 C6H5 CH2 1 H CH3
218 Pyridin-2-yl S 1 H H
219 Pyridin-2-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
220 Pyridin-2-yl NH 1 H H
221 Pyridin-2-yl OCH2 1 H H
222 Pyridin-2-yl CH20 1 H H
223 Pyridin-2-yl CH2CH2o 1 H H
224 Pyridin-2-yl. CH2cH2cH2o 1 H H
225 Pyridin-3-yl S 1 H H
226 Pyridin-3-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
227 Pyridin-3-yl NH 1 H H
228 Pyridin-3-yl OCH2 1 H H
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Compound
Z X q A B
229 Pyridin-3-yl CH20 1 H H
230 Pyridin-3-yl CH2CH20 1 H H
231 Pyridin-3-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
232 Pyridin-4-yl S 1 H H
233 Pyridin-4-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
234 Pyridin-4-yl NH 1 H H
235 Pyridin-4-yl OCH2 1 H H
236 Pyridin-4-yl CH20 1 H H
237 Pyridin-4-yl CH2CH20 1 H H
238 Pyridin-4-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
239 Pyrimidin-2-yl S 1 H H
240 Pyrimidin-2-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
241 Pyrimidin-2-yl NH 1 H H
242 Pyrimidin-2-yl OCH2 1 H H
243 Pyrimidin-2-yl CH20 1 H H
244 Pyrimidin-2-yl CH2CH20 1 H H
245 Pyrimidin-2-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
246 Pyrimidin-4-yl S 1 H H
247 Pyrimidin-4-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
248 Pyrimidin-4-yl NH 1 H H
249 Pyrimidin-4-yl OCH2 1 H H
250 Pyrimidin-4-yl CH20 1 H H
251 Pyrimidin-4-yl CH2CH20 1 H H
252 Pyrimidin-4-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
253 Pyrimidin-5-yl S 1 H H
254 Pyrimidin-5-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
255 Pyrimidin-5-yl NH : 1 H H
256 Pyrimidin-5-yl OCH2 1 H H
257 Pyrimidin-5-yl CH20 1 H H
258 Pyrimidin-5-yl CH2CH20 1 H;H
259 Pyrimidin-5-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
260 Pyrazin-2-yl S 1 H H
261 Pyra~in-2-yl N~CH3) 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
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Compound
Z X q A B
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262 Pyrazin-2-yl NH 1 H H
263 Pyrazin-2-yl OCH2 1 H H
264 Pyrazin-2-yl CH20 1 H
265 Pyrazin-2-yl CH2CH2o 1 H
266 Pyrazin-2-yl CH2cH2cH2o 1 i~ H
267 Pyridazin-3-yl S 1 H H
268 Pyridazin-3-yl N(CH3) 1 H
269 Pyridazin-3-yl NH 1 H H
270 Pyridazin-3-yl OCH2 1 H H
271 Pyridazin-3-yl CH20 1 H H
272 Pyridazin-3-yl CH2CH2o 1 H H
273 Pyridazin-3-yl CH2cH2cH2o 1 H H
274 Pyridazin-4-yl S 1 H H
275 Pyridazin-4-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
276 Pyridazin-4-yl NH 1 H H
277 Pyridazin-4-yl OCH2 1 H H
278 Pyridazin-4-yl CH20 1 H H
279 Pyridazin-4-yl CH2CH20 1 H N
280 Pyridazin-4-yl CH2cH2cH2o 1 H H
281 1,2,4-Triazin-3-yl S 1 H H
282 1,2,4-Triazin-3-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
283 1,2,4-Triazin-5-yl NH 1 H H
284 1,2,4-Triazin-5-yl OCH2 1 H H
285 1,2,4-Triazin-6-yl CH20 1 H H
286 1,2,4-Triazin-6-yl CH2CH2o 1 H
287 1,3,5-Triazin-2-yl CH2CH2CHo 1 H H
288 1,3,5-Triazin-2-yl S 1 H H
289 1,3,5-Triazin-2-yl. N(CH3) 1 H H
290 Quinoli~-2-yl NH 1 H H
291 Quinolin-2-yl OCH2 1 H H
292 Quinolin-2-yl CH20 1 H H
293 Isoquinolin-l-yl CH2CH20 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
Compound
Z X q A B
294 Isoquinolin-1-yl CH2cH2cH2o 1 H H
295 Isoquinolin-l-yl S 1 H 8
296 Benzoxazol-2-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
297 Benzoxazol-2-yl NH 1 H H
298 Benzoxazol-2-yl OCH2 1 H H
299 Benzthiazol-2-yl CH20 1 H H
300 Benzthiazol-2-yl CH2CH2o 1 H H
301 Benzthiazol-2-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
302 Thien-2-yl S 1 H H
303 Thien-2-yl N(CH3~ 1 H H
304 Thien-2-yl NH 1 H H
305 Thien-3-yl OCH2 1 H H
306 Thien-3-yl CH20 1 H H
307 Thien-3-yl CH2CH2o 1 H H
308 1,2,4-Triazol-1-yl CH2cH2cH2o 1 H H
309 Quinazolin-4-yl S 1 H H
310 Quinazolin-4-yl N(CH3) 1 H
311 Ouinolin-4-yl NH 1 H H
312 ~uinolin-4-yl ~ OCH2 1 H H
313 Purin-6-yl CH20 1 H H
314 Thiazol-2-yl CH2CH2o 1 H H
315 Thiazol-2-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
316 Thiazol-4-yl S 1 H H
317 Thiazol-4-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
318 Thiazol-5-yl NH 1 H H
319 Thiazol-5-yl OCH2 1 H H
320 Furan-2-yl CH20 1 H H :
321 N-CH3-Pyrrol-2-yl CH2CH2o 1 H H
322 N-CH3-Pyrrol-2-yl CH2cH2cH2o 1 H H
323 5-CF3-Pyridin-2-yl S 1 H H
324 3-F-Pyridin-2-yl N~CH3~ 1 H H
325 3-Cl-Pyr:idin-2-yl NH 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
Compound
Z X q A B
No
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326 4-Br-Pyridin-2-yl OCH2 1 H H
327 3-CH3-Pyridin-2-yl CH20 1 H
328 6-CH30-Pyridin-2-yl CH2CH20 1 H H
329 4,6-di-F-Pyridin-2-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
330 2-Cl-Pyridin-3-yl S 1 H H
331 2-CH30-Pyridin-3-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
332 2-Cl-Pyridin-4-yl NH 1 H H
333 4-Cl-Pyrimidin-2-yl OCH2 1 H H
334 4-Cyanopyrimidin-2-yl CH20 1 H H
335 4-CH3-Pyrimidin-2-yl CH2CH20 1 H H
336 5-CH3-Pyrimidin-2-yl CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
337 5-Cyanopyrimidin-2-yl S 1 H H
338 5-F-Pyrimidin-2-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
339 2-Cl-Pyrimidin-4-yl NH 1 H H
340 2-CH3-Pyrimidin-4-yl OCH2 1 H N
341 2-CH3S-Pyrimidin-4-yl CH20 1 H H
342 6-Cl-Pyrazin-2-yl CH2CH20 1 H H
343 6-Cl-Pyridazin-3-yl CH2CH2cH2o 1 H H
344 6-Cl-Pyridazin-3-yl S 1 H H
345 2-CH3-Thiazol-4-yl N(CH3) 1 H H
346 5-CF3-1,3,4-Thiadiazol-2-yl NH 1 H H
347 4-Cl-1,2,5-Thiadiazol-3-yl OCH2 1 H H
348 Pyrimidin-2-yl,1-N-oxide CH20 1 H H
349 Pyrimidin-4-yl,1-_-oxide CH2CH20 1 H H
350 Pyrimidin-4-yl,3-N-oxide CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
351 Pyridin-2-yl,1-_-oxide S 1 H H
352 Pyrazin-2-yl,1-N-oxide N(CH3) 1 H H
353 * NH 1 H H
354 2-Cyano-C6H4 N(CH3) 1 H H
355 Pyridin-2-yl S0 1 H H
356 Pyridin-2-yl S2 1 H H
357 2-Cyano-C6H4 CH2CH20 1 H H
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Z X q A B
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358 2 C6H4 CH2CH2o 1 H H
359 4-cyano-c6H4 CH2CH2o 1 H H
360 C6H5 CH2cH2cH2o 1 H H
361 N02 C6H4 CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
362 2-Ho_C6H4 CONH 1 H H
363 F3 C6H4 CH2CH2o 1 H H
364 3 C6H4 CH2CH20 1 H H
365 2-cH3o-c6H4 CH2CH2o 1 H H
366 2-F-C6H4 CH2CH2o 1 H H
367 2-Ho_C6H4 CSNH 1 H H
368 2-Cl-C6H4 CH2CH2o 1 H H
369 C6H5 CH(CN)O 1 H
370 2,6-di-p-c6H3 CH2CH2o 1 H H
371 C6H5 CH(CF3)o 1 H H
372 2-cl-6-F-c6H CH2CH2o 1 H H
373 2,6-di-cl-c6H3 CH2CH20 1 H H
374 2,6-di-F_C6H3 CH20 1 H H
375 2-No2-c6H4 CH20 1 H H
376 C6H5 (E)-CH=CHCH20 1 H H
377 2-cyano-c6H4 NH 1 H H
378 6H5 _ O Cl H
379 2-Ho_C6H4 NH 1 H H
380 2-(cH3o)-c6H4 NH 1 H H
381 2-cyano-c6H4 so2o 1 H H
382 2,6-di-F-C~H3 OCH2CH2o 1 H H
383 2-cl-6-cF3-c6H3 CH20 1 H H
384 2-Cl-C6H4 CH2CH2CH2o 1 H H
385 3 C6H4 CH20 1 H H
386 2-F-6-cl-c6H3 CH20 1 H H
387 C6H5 CeCCH20 1 H H
388 C6F5 CH20 1 H H
389 2-cyano-c6H4 c~2o 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
Compound
Z X q A B
390 4-cyano-c6H4 OCH2CH2o 1 H H
391 C6H5 2CH20 1 H H
392 2-Ho_C6H4 N(CH0) 1 H H
393 2-cyano-c6H4 CH2CH2o 1 H H
394 Thien-2-yl CH20 1 H H
395 2-cyano-c6H4 (E)-CH=CHCH2o 1 H H
396 2-cyano-c6H4 OCH2CH2o 1 H H
397 2-Cyano-6-F-C6H3 OCH2CH2o 1 H H
398 C6H5 C0N(C0C6H5) 1 H H
399 2-(2-H0-C6H4)_4_CH3_
Thiazol-5-yl - 0 H H
400 2-NH2-Benzofuran-3-yl - 0 H H
401 3 2 C6H4 NH 1 H H
402 3(CH2)30-C6H4 NH 1 H H
403 C6H5 (E)-c(cH3)=No 1 H H
404 2-Pyrazinyl (E)-C(CH3)=N0 1 H H
405 4-F-C6H4 CH20 1 H H
406 3-CF3-C6H4 (E)-C~NH2)=N0 1 H H
407 Pyrrol-2-yl (E)-C(CH3)=N0 1 H H
408 Imidazol-2-yl S 1 H H
409 5-CF3-4-CH3-1,2,4-Triazol-3-yl S 1 H H
410 Isoquinolin-4-yl 0 1 H H
411 4-Cyano-5-CH3S-isothiazol-3-yl 0 1 H H
412 1,2,4-Triazol-3-yl S 1 H H
413 5-CF3-1,2,4-Triazol-3-yl S 1 H H
414 5-t-Butyl-1,2,4-Triazol-3-yl S 1 H H
415 1,2,5-Thiadiazol-3-yl 0 1 H H
416 N-CH3-Pyrrolidin-3-yl 0 1 H H
417 ~2-ThiazoliD-2-yl S 1 H
418 * S 1 H H
419 Piperidin-4-yl 0 1 H H
420 Tetrahydropyran-4-yl 0 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
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Compound
Z X q A B
No
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421 * S 1 H H
422 Furan-2-yl 0 1 H H
423 Furan-2-yl S 1 H H
424 Furan-3-yl 0 1 H H
425 Furan-3-yl S 1 H H
426 Thien-3-yl S 1 H H
427 3-Cl-Thien-2-yl 0 1 H H
428 4-Cl-Thien-2-yl S 1 H H
429 5-Cl-Thien-2-yl 0 1 H H
430 5-Cl-Thien-2-yl S 1 H H
431 5-Br-Thien-2-yl 0 1 H H
- 15 432 5-Br-Thien-2-yl S 1 H H
433 5-N02-Thien-2-yl 0 l H H
434 5-N02-Thien-2-yl S 1 H H
435 2-Cl-Thien-3-yl 0 1 H H
436 2-Cl-Thien-4-yl S l H H
~o 437 2-Br-Thien-4-yl 0 1 H H
438 2-Br-Thien-4-yl S l H H
439 N-CH3-Pyrrol-3-yl - O l H H
440 N-CH3-Pyrrol-3-yl S l H H
441 N-CH3-Pyrrol-2-yl 0 l H H
442 N-CH3-Pyrrol-2-yl S 1 H H
443 Benzofuran-2-yl 0 1 H H
444 Benzofuran-2-yl S 1 H H
445 Benzofuran-3-yl 0 l H H
446 Benzofuran-3-yl S l H H
447 Benzothiophen-2-yl 0 1 H H
448 Benzothiophen-2-yl S 1 H
449 Benzothiophen-3-yl 0 1 H H
450 Benzothiophen-3-yl S 1 H H
451 Pyrrol-2-yl 0 1 H H
452 Pyrrol-2-yl S l H H
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TABLE I (continued)
Compound
Z X q A B
No
.
453 Pyrrol-3-yl 0 1 H H
454 Pyrrol-3-yl S 1 H H
455 Indol-2-yl 0 1 H H
456 Indol-2-yl S 1 H H
457 Indol-3-yl 0 1 H H
458 Indol-3-yl S 1 H H
459 N-CH3-Indol-2-yl 0 1 H H
460 N-CH3-Indol-2-yl S 1 H H
461 N-CH3-Indol-3-yl 0 1 H H
462 N-CH3-Indol-3-yl S 1 H H
463 N-CH3-Pyrazol-3-yl 0 1 H H
464 N-CH3-Pyrazol-3-yl S 1 H H
465 N-CH3-Pyrazol-4-yl 0 1 H H
466 N-CH3-Pyrazol-4-yl S 1 H H
467 N-CH3-Pyrazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
468 N-CH3-Pyrazol-5-yl S 1 H H
469 Isoxazol-3-yl 0 1 H H
470 Isoxaæol-3-yl S 1 H H
471 Isoxazol-4-yl 0 1 H H
472 Isoxazol-4-yl S 1 H H
473 Isoxazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
474 Isoxazol-5-yl S 1 H H
475 Isothiazol-3-yl 0 1 H H
476 Isothiazol-3-yl S 1 H H
477 Isothiazol-4-yl 0 1 H H
478 Isothiazol-4-yl S 1 H H
479 Isothiazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
480 Isothiazol-5-yl S 1 H H
481 Oxazol-2-yl 0 1 H
482 Oxazol-2-yl S 1 H H
483 Oxazol-4-yl 0 1 H H
484 Oxazol-4-yl S 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
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Compound z X q A B
No
_
485 Oxazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
486 Oxazol-5-yl S 1 H H
487 Thiazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
488 Thiazol-2-yl S 1 H H
489 Thiazol-4-yl 0 1 H H
490 Thiazol-4-yl S 1 H
491 Thiazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
492 Thiazol-S-yl S 1 H H
493 N-CH3-Imidazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
494 N-CH3-Imidazol-2-yl S 1 H H
495 N-CH3-Imidazol-4-yl 0 1 H
496 N-CH3-Imidazol-4-yl S 1 H H
497 _-CH3-Imidazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
498 -CH3-Imidazol-5-yl S 1 H H
499 1,2-Benzisoxazol-3-yl 0 1 H H
500 1,2-Benzisoxazol-3-yl S 1 H H
501 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3-yl 0 1 H H
502 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3-yl S 1 H H
503 1-CH3-Indazol-3-yl ~ O 1 H H
504 1-CH3-Indazol-3-yl S 1 H H
505 5-Cl-Benzoxazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
506 5-Cl-Benzoxazol-2-yl S 1 H H
507 6-F-Benzoxazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
508 6-F-Benzoxazol-2-yl S 1 H H
509 5-F-Benzthiazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
510 5-F-Benzthiazol-2-yl S 1 H H
511 6-F-Benzthiazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
512 6-F-Benzthiazol-2-yl S 1 H H
513 * O 1 H H
514 * - S 1 H H
515 * O 1 H H
516 * S . 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
Compound
Z X qA B
517 1-CH3-1,2 t 3-Triazol-4-yl 0 1 H H
518 1-CH3-1,2,3-Triazol-4-yl S 1 H H
519 1-CH3-1,2,3-Triazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
520 1-CH3-1,2,3-Triazol-5-yl S 1 H H
521 1-CH3-1,2,4-Triazol-3-yl 0 1 H H
522 1-CH3-1,2,4-Triazol-3-yl S 1 H H
523 1-CH3-1,2,4-Triazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
524 1-CH3-1,2,4-Triazol-5-yl S 1 H H
525 1-CH3-Tetrazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
526 l-CH3-Tetrazol-5-yl S 1 H H
527 2-CH3-Tetrazol-5-yl 0 1 H H
528 2-CH3-Tetrazol-5-yl S l H H
529 Benzoxazol-2-yl S 1 H H
530 Benzthiazol-2-yl S 1 H H
531 5-CF3-1,3,4-Thiadiazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
532 5-CF3-1,3,4-Thiadiazol-2-yl S 1 H H
533 6-Cl-Benzoxazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
534 6-Cl-Benzoxazol-2-yl S 1 H H
535 5-F-Benzoxazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
536 5-F-Benzoxazol-2-yl S 1 H H
537 5-N02-Thiazol-2-yl 0 1 H H
538 5-N02-Thiazol-2-yl S 1 H H
539 6-Cl-Pyrazin-2-yl 0 1 H H
540 6-Cl-Pyrazin-2-yl S 1 H H
541 3-Cl-Pyrazin-2-yl 0 1 H H
542 5-Cl-Pyrazin-2-yl S 1 H H
543 6-Br-Pyrazin-2-yl 0 l H H
544 6-Br-Pyrazin-2-yl S 1 H H
545 5~Br-Pyrazin-2-yl 0 1 H H
546 5-Br-Pyrazin-2-yl S l H H : ~:
547 Quinoxalin-2-yl 0 1 H H~
548 Quinoxalin-2-yl S l H H
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TABLE I (continued)
Compound
Z X qA B
No
549 6-Cl-Pyridazin-3-yl 0 1H H
550 6-Cl-Pyridazin-3-yl S 1H H
551 5-Cl-Pyridazin-3-yl 0 1H H
552 5-Cl-Pyridazin-3-yl S 1H H
553 6-Br-Pyridazin-3-yl 0 1H H
554 6-Br-Pyridazin-3-yl S 1H H
555 5-Br-Pyridazin-3-yl 0 1H H
556 5-Br-Pyridazin-3-yl S 1H H
557 3-Cl-Pyridazin-5-yl 0 1H H
558 3-Cl-Pyridazin-5-yl S 1H H
559 3-Br-Pyridazin-5-yl 0 1H H
560 3-Br-Pyridazin-5-yl S 1H H
561 Cinnolin-3-yl 0 1H H
562 Cinnolin-3-yl S 1H H
563 1,2,3-Triazin-4-yl 0 1 H H
564 1,2,3-Triazin-4-yl S 1 H H
565 6-Cl-1,2,3-Triazin-4-yl 0 1 H H
566 6-Cl-1,2,3-Triazin-4-yl S 1 H H
567 6-Br-1,2,3-Triazin-4-yl 0 1 H H
568 6-Br-1,2,3-Triazin-4-yl S 1 H H
569 1,2,3-Triazin-5-yl 0 1 H H
570 1,2,3-Triazin-5-yl S 1 H H
571 6-Cl-1,2,4-Triazin-3-yl 0 1 H H
572 6-Cl-1,2,4-Triazin-3-yl S 1 H H
573 5-Cl-1,2,4-Triazin-3-yl 0 1 H H
574 5-Cl-1,2,4-Triazin-3-yl S 1 H H
575 1,2,4-Triazin-5-yl 0 1 H H
576 1,2,4-Triazin-5-yl S 1 El H
577 3-Cl-1,2,4-Triazin-5-yl 0 1 H H
578 3-Cl-1,2,4-Triazin-5-yl S 1 H H
579 1,2,4-Triazin-6-yl 0 1 H H
580 1,2,4-Triazin-6-yl S 1 H H
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TABLE I (continued)
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Compound
Z X q A B
581 3-Cl-1,2,4-Triazin-6-yl 0 1 H
582 3-Cl-1,2,4-Triazin-6-yl S 1 H H
583 6-Cl-1,3,5-Triazin-2-yl 0 1 H H
584 6-Cl-1,3,5-Triazin-2-yl S 1 H ~1
585 4,6-Di-Cl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl 0 1 H H
586 4,6-Di-Cl-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl S 1 H H
587 1,2,4-Benzotriazin-3-yl 0 1 H H
588 1,2,4-Benzotriazin-3-yl S l H H
589 1,2,4,5-Tetrazin-3-yl 0 1 ~ H
590 1,2,4,5-Tetrazin-3-yl S 1 H H
591 6-Cl-1,2,4,5-Tetrazin-3-yl 0 1 H H
592 6-Cl-1,2,4,5-Tetrazin-3-yl S 1 H H
593 N-(C02CH3)-Pyrrolidin-3-yl 0 1 H H
594 N-(C02CH3)-Pyrrolidin-3-yl S 1 H H
* For these values of X and Z, see under "Chemical Formulae" later.
TABLE II
_
Table II comprises 594 compounds of the general formula (I.4) with all
the values of Z, X, q, A and B listed in Table I. That is, compounds
numbers 1 to 594 of Table II are the same as those of Table I except that
the pyrimidine ring is linked to the other two rings through its 4- and
6-positions in Table I and through its 2- and 4-positions in Table II.
TABLE III
Table III comprises 594 compounds of the general formula (I.5) with
all the values of Z, X, q, A and B listed in Table I. That is, compounds
numbers 1 to 594 of Table III are the same as those of Table I except that
the pyrimidine ring is linked to the other two rings through its 4- and
6-positions in Table I and through its 2- and 4-positions in Table III.
TABLE IV
Table IV comprises 594 compounds of the general formula (I.6) with all
the values of Z, X, q, A and B listed in Table I. That is, compounds
numbers 1 to 594 of Table IV are the same as those of Table I ex~ept that
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the pyrimidine ring is linked to the benzene rin~ carrying the acrylate
group by oxygen in Table I and sulphur in Table IV.
TABLE V
Table V comprises 594 compounds of the general formula (I.7) with all
the values of Z, X, q, A and B listed in Table I. That is, compound
numbers 1 to 594 of Table V are the same as those of Table I except that
(a) the pyrimidine ring is linked to the benzene ring carrying the acrylate
group by oxygen in Table I and sulphur in Table V; and (b) the pyrimidine
ring is linked to the other two rings through its 4- and 6-positions in
Table I and through its 2- and 4-positions in Table V.
TABLE VI
Table VI comprises 594 compounds of the general formula (I.8) with all
the values of Z, X, q, A and B listed in Table I. That is, compounds
numbers 1 to 594 of Table VI are the same as those of Table I except that
(a) the pyrimidine ring is linked to the benzene ring carrying the acrylate
group by oxygen in Table I and sulphur in Table VI; and (b) the pyrimidine
ring is linked to the other two rings through its 4- and 6-positions in
Table I and throug~ its 2- and 4-positions in Table VI.
TABLE VII : SELECTED PROTON N~R DATA
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Table VII shows selected proton NMR data for certain compounds
described in Table I. Chemical shifts are measured in ppm from
tetramethylsilane. Deuterochloroform was used as solvent and the operating
frequency of the NMR spectrometer was 270 MHz throughout. The following
abbreviations are used:
br = broad s = singlet
dd = double doublet d = doublet
ppm = parts per million t = triplet
m = multiplet q = quartet
TABLE VII
Compound NMR DATA
No
96 3.05(2~,t), 3.55~3H,s), 3.65~3H,s), 4.55(2H,t), 6.00(1H,s),
7.15-7.40((9H,m), 7.42(1H,s), 8.40(1~,s) ppm.
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TABLE VII (continued )
_
Compound
NMR DATA
No
. _ . . _ _ _ . .
218 3.58(3H,s), 3.71(3H,s), 6.74(1H,s), 7.12-7.43(5H,m), 7.44(1H,s),
7.61-7.79(2H,m), 8.56(1H,s), 8.61-8.68(1H,m) ppm.
222 3.59(3H,s), 3.72(3H,s), 5.50(2H,s), 6.20(1H,s), 7.15-7.40(6H,m),
7.46(1H,s), 7.70(1H,t~, 8.60(1H,d), 8.42(1H,s) ppm.
229 3.58(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s~, 5.40(2H,s), 6.10(1H,s), 7.15(1H,d),
7.30(4H,m), 7.44(1H,s), 7.75(1H,d), 8.42(1H,s), 8.58SlH,d),
8.69(1H,s) ppm.
236 3.59(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 5.42(2H,s), 6.18(1H,s), 7.18(1H,d),
7.25-7.40(5H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.42(1H,s), 8.60(2H,d) ppm.
239 3.57(3H,s), 3.72(3H,s), 7.13-7.50(5H,m), 7.47(1H,s), 7.60(1H,s),
8.64(2H,d), 8.68(1H,s) ppm.
250 3.60(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 5.50(2H,s), 6.23(1H,s), 7.18(1H,d),
7.27-7.42(4H,m), 7.47(1H,s), 8.41(1H,s), 8.74(1H,d), 9.19(1H,s)
ppm.
271 3.59(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 5.75(2H,s), 6.20(1H,s), 7.15(1H,d),
7.28-7.40(3H,m), 7.46(1H,s), 7.50(1H,m), 7.65(1H,d), 8.42(1H,s),
9.15(lH,dd) ppm.
320 3.58(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 5.35(2H,s), 6.05(1H,s), 6.35(1H,d),
6.45(1H,d), 7.15(1H,d), 7.20-7.40(4H,m), 7.44(1H,s), 8.45(1H~s)
ppm.
357 3.30(2H,t), 3.57(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s~ 4.60(2H,t), 6.03(1H,s),
7.15(1H,d), 7.25-7.40(5H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 7.55(1H,m), 7.65(1H,d),
8.39(1H,s) ppm.
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TABLE VII (contin~led)
. . .
Compound NMR DATA
No
358 3.35(2H,t), 3.58(3H,s), 3.72(3H~s), 4.63(2H,t), 6.03(1H,s),
7.15~1H,d), 7.25-7.42(5H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 7.54(1H,d), 7.95(1H,d),
8.39(1H,s) ppm.
359 3.10(2H,t), 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 4.55(2H,t~, 6.0(1H,s),
7.15(1H,d), 7.28-7.40(5H,m), 7.43(1H,s~, 7.60(2H,d), 8.40(1H,s)
ppm.
1 360 2.05(2H,m), 2.75(2H,t), 3.55(3H,s), 3.72(3H,s), 4.32~2H,t),
6.05(1H,s), 7.20(4H,m), 7.30(5H,m), 7.44(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
361 2.15(2H,m), 3.05(2H,t), 3.60(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 4.35(2H,t),
6.05(1H,s), 7.18(1H,d), 7.29-7.40(5H,m), 7.46(1H,s), 7.52(1H,m),
7.91(1H,d), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
363 3.25(2H,t), 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 4.55(2H,t), 6.05(1H,s),
7.17(1H,d), 7.26-7.50(6H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 7.65(1H,d), 8.40(1H,s)
ppm.
364 2.35(3H,s), 3.05(2H,t), 3.55(3H,s), 3.70~3H,s), 4.50(2H,t),
6.02(1H,s), 7.15(5H,m), 7.25-7.40(3H,m), 7.44(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s)
ppm.
365 3.05(2H,t), 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 3.80(3H,s), 4.50(2H,t),
6.00(1H,s), 6.85(2H,m), 7.12-7.40(6H,m), 7.43(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s)
ppm.
366 3.10(2H,t), 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 4.55(2H,t), 6.00(1H,s),
7.00-7.40(8H,m), 7.43(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
368 3.20(2H,t), 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 4.55(7H,t), 6.00(1H,s),
7.20(2H,m), 7.23-7.40(6H,m), 7.44(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
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TABLE VII (continued)
Compound NMR DATA
No
.. ..
370 3.15(2H,t), 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 4.50(2H,t), 6.00(1H,s),
6.85(2H,t), 7.15(2H,m), 7.25-7.4(3H,m), 7.44(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s)
ppm.
371 3.55(3H,s), 3.68(3H,s), 6.20(1H,s), 6.65(1H,~), 7.15(1H,d),
7.30-7.40(6H,m), 7.42(1H,s), 7.50(2H,m), 8.36(1H,s) ppm.
372 3.25(2H,t), 3.55~3H,s), 3.70(3H,s); 4.52~2H,t), 6.05(1H,s),
6.95(1H,m), 7.15(3H,m), 7.30(3H,m), 7.44(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
373 3.40(2H,t), 3.60(3H,s), 3.73(3H,s), 4.55(2H,t), 6.05(1H,s),
7.15(2H,m)~ 7.25-7.40(5H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.40~1H,s) ppm.
374 3.50(3H,s), 3.65(3H,s), 5.38(2H,s), 5.95(1H,s), 6.85(2H,t),
7.08(1H,d), 7.18-7.30(4H,m), 7.35(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
376 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 5.02(2H,d), 6.10(1H,s), 6.40(1H,m),
6.70(1H,d), 7.15(1H,d), 7.20-7.40(8H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.45(1H,s)
ppm.
382 3.60(3H,s?, 3.75(3H,s), 4.45(2H,m), 4.65(2H,m), 6.10(1H,s),
6.8-7.0(3H,m), 7.15(1H,d), 7.28-7.4(3H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s)
ppm.
384 2.10(2H,m), 2.88(2H,m), 3.60(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 4.35(2H,t),
6.05(1H,s3, 7.15-7.45(8H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.42(1H,s) ppm.
385 3.58(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 5.60(2H,s), 6.10(1H,s), 7.18(1H,d),
7.25-7.50(4H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 7.52-7.72(3H,m), 8.45(1H,s) ppm.
386 3.58(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 5.52(2H,d), 6.05(1H,s), 7.05(1H,m),
7.18(1H,d), 7.20-7.40(5H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.50(1H,s) ppm.
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TABLE VII (continued)
. _ .
Compound NMR DATA
No
387 3.58(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 5.20(2H,s), 6.15(1H,s), 7.18(1H,d),
7.25-7.40(6H,m), 7.43(1H,s), 7.43(2H,m), 8.45(1H,s) ppm.
388 3.58(3H,s), 3.72(3H,s), 5.48(2H,s), 6.05(1H,s), 7.15(1H,d),
7.20-7.40(3H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.45(1H,s) ppm.
391 3.25(2H,t~, 3.60(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 4.50(2H,t), 6.00(1H,s),
7.10-7.50(9H,m), 7.43(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
392 3.58(3H,s), 3.72(3H,s), 5.85-6.05(1H,br), 7.11-7.15(1H,d),
7.23-7.60(7H,m), 7.42(1H,s), 8.15(1H,s), 8.48(1H,s),
9.80-9.95(lH,br) ppm.
393 3.40(2H,t), 3.60(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 4.55(2H,t), 6.00(1H,s),
7.15(1H,d), 7.25-7.40(4H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 7.50-7.70(3H,m),
8.40(1H,s) ppm.
394 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 5.55(2H,s), 6.05(1H,s), 7.00(1H,m),
7.15(2H,m), 7.25-7.40(4H,m), 7.43(1H,s) 8.45(1H,s) ppm.
395 3.60(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 5.10(2H,d), 6.13(1H,s), 6.60(1H,m),
7.04-7.20(2H,m), 7.25-7.40(4H,m), 7.46(1H,s), 7.52-7.70(3H,m),
8.45(1H,s) ppm.
396 3.60(3H,s), 3.73(3H,s), 4.40(2H,t), 4.75(2H,t), 6.10(1H,s),
7.00(2H,m), 7.18(1H,d), 7.25-7.40(3H,m), 7.45(1H,s),
7.50-7.60(2H,m), 8.43(1H,s) ppm.
397 3.60(3H,s), 3.73(3H,s), 4.60(2H,t), 4.72(2H,t), 6.10(1H,s),
7.05-7.2(2H,m), 7.25-7.40(5H,m), 7.46(1H,s), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
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TABLE VII (continued)
. _ _ _ _ _
Compound
NMR DATA
No
. _ _ _ . .
399 2.72(3H,s), 3.59(3H,s), 3.74(3H,s), 6.93(1H,t), 7.01(1H,d),
7.06(1H,d), 7.20-7.52(5H,m), 7.47(1H,s), 7.65(1H,m), 8.76(1H~s),
12.28(1H,br s) ppm.
401 1.44(3H,t), 3.58(3H,s), 3.73(3H,s), 4.10(2H,q), 6.16(1H,s),
6.87-7.41~8H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 7.81(1H,d), 8.40(1H,s) ppm.
402 0.98(3H,t), 1.41-1.55(2H,m), 1.75-1.85(2H,m), 3.58(3H,s),
3.72(3H,s), 4.02(2H,t), 6.17(1H,s), 6.89-7.41(8H,m), 7.46(1H,s),
7.79(1H,d), 8.39(1H,s) ppm.
403 2.52(3H,s), 3.57(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 6.82(1H,s), 7.20-7.50(7H,m),
7.48(1H,s), 7.75(2H,m), 8.49(1H,s) ppm.
405 3.58(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 5.36(2H,s), 6.08(1H,s), 7.05(2H,t),
7.15(1H,d), 7.24-7.43(5H,m), 7.43(1H,s), 8.44(1H,s) ppm.
593 2.97(3H,s), 3.58(3H,s), 3.64(1H,m), 3.75(3H,s), 3.82(1H,m),
4.14(1H,t), 4.55(1H,t), 4.72(1H,m), 5.70(1H,s), 7.15(1H,d),
7.21-7.38(3H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.24(1H,s) ppm.
TABLE VIII : MELTING POINTS AND OLEFINIC PROTON NMR DATA
Table VIII shows melting points and olefinic proton NMR data for
certain compounds described in Tables I to VI. Melting points are in C
and the column headed `olefinic' shows the chemical shift of the singlet
from the olefinic proton on the ~-methoxypropenoate group, measured in ppm
from tetramethylsilane. Deuterochloroform was used as the solvent
throughout.
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Table Compound Olefinic Melting Table Compound Olefinic Melting
No No (ppm) Point (C) No No (ppm~ Point (C)
I 1 7.40 75-8 I 364 7.44 Gum
I 2 7.42 108-110 I 365 7.43 Gum
I 3 7.44 126-8 I 366 7.43 Gum
I 4 7.45 Foam I 367 7.48 104-8
I 9* 7.40 I 368 7.44 Gum
o~ 7.44 Oil I 369 7.45 Oil
I 23 7.45 Gum I 370 7.44 Gum
I 96 7.42 Oil I 371 7.42 Gum
I 133 7.45 96-8 I 372 7.44 Gum
I 134 7.45 110-2 I 373 7.45 Gum
I 180 7.46 Gum I 374 7.35 Gum
II 180 7.43 129-131 I 375 7.46 104-6
III 180 7.43 98-100 I 376 7.45 Gum
I 218 7.44 Gum I 377 7.46 Foam
I 220 7.47 Foam II 378 7.44 118-120
I 222 7.46 Gum I 379 7.45 81-5
I 229 7.44 Gum I 380 7.45 60-3
I 236 7.45 Gum I 381 7.45 151-2
I 239 7.47 79-81 I 382 7.45 Gum
I 250 7.47 Gum I 383 7.47 101-2
I 271 7.46 Gum I 384 7.45 Gum
I 320 7.44 Gum I 385 7.45 Gum
I 354 7.47 Foam I 386 7.45 Gum
I 355 7.42 57 I 387 7.43 Gum
I 356 7.49 67 I 388 7.45 Gum
I 357 7.45 Gum I 389 7.45 Gum
I 358 7.45 Gum I 390 7.44 131-2
I 359 7.43 Oil I 391 7.43 Gum
I 360 7.44 Gum I 392 7.42 Gum
I 361 7.46 Gum I 393 7.45 Gum
I 362 7.47 Foam I 394 7.43 Gum
I 363 7.45 Gum I 395 7.46 Gum
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Table Compound Olefinic Melting Table Compound Olefinic Melting
NoNo (ppm) Point (C) No No (ppm) Point (C)
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I 396 7.45 Gum I 404 7.48 138-40
I 397 7.46 Gum I 405 7.43 Gum
I 398 7.46 Foam I 406 7.48 80
I 399 7.47 Gum I 407 7.47 65-70
I 400 7.46 160-1 I 415 7.43 106-106.5
I 401 7.45 Foam I 420 7.46 119.5-120.5
I 402 7.46 Gum I 530 7.44 Gum
I 403 7.48 Low mp I 593 7.45 Gum
solid
* This sample contains 50~ of (E~-methyl 2-(2-(4-n-butylpyrimidin-6-
-yloxy)phenyl)-3-methoxypropenoate.
The compounds of the invention of formula (I) lequivalent to (IA) when
U is the group CH302C.C=CH.OCH3 and zl is Z; and equivalent to (IB) when W
is the group CH302C.C=CH.OCH3] can be prepared by the steps shown in
Schemes I and II. In these Schemes, K, L, M, Z, X, q, A, E, T, Rl and R4
are as defined above; zl is Z or a group which can be converted by standard
procedures described in the chemical literature into Z; W is
CH302C.C=CH.OCH3 or a group that can be transformed into CH302C.C=CH.OCH3
using methods previously described such as in EP-A-0242081; U is a leaving
group such as a halogen or CH3S02-; V is hydrogen or a metal (such as
sodium); R is C1 4 alkyl or aryl, especially phenyl; and Y is a group which
can be converted by standard procedures described in the chemical
literature into the group Z(X)q~. The reactions shown in Schemes I and II
are performed either in a suitable solvent or without a solvent, and at a
suitable temperature.
Thus compounds of formula (IA) (equivalent to compounds of the
invention when U is CH302C.C=CR.OCH3 and zl is Z) can be prepared by
treatment of pyrimidines of formula (IV) with phenols/thiophenols or
phenolates/thiophenolates of formula (II) or by treatment of pyrimidines of
formula (V) with substituted benzenes of formula (III) (Scheme I). In each
case, the reaction is carried out in the presence of a base (such as
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potasium carbonate) if V is hydrogen.
Compounds of formula (IB) (equivalent to the compounds of the
invention when W is CH302C.C=CH.OCH3) can be prepared from pyrimidines of
formula (VI) (Scheme II). The term Y in formulae (VI), (VII) and (VIII)
represents a group which can be converted by standard procedures described
in the chemical literature into the group Z(X)q~; for example, Y may be a
halogen (such as fluorine, chlorine or bromine) or -OH, -SH, -NHR4, -C02H,
-COCl, -CHR1OH, -C(O)Rl, -CHR1-U (where U is a leaving group such as a
halogen), -S02R1, -S020H, -S02Cl, -CHR1P(O)(OR)2 or -CHR1P+R3
(counter-ion) . Compounds of formula (VI) in which W is CH302C.C=CH.OCH3
and Y has the values listed in the preceding sentence are especially
valuable intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of the
invention.
Pyrimidines of formula (VI) can be prepared by treatment of
phenols/thiophenols or phenolates~thiophenolates of formula (II) with
pyrimidines of formula (VII) or by treatment of substituted benzenes of
formula (III) with pyrimidines of formula (VIII) (Scheme II). In each
case, the reaction is carried out in the presence of a base (such as
potassium carbonate) if V is hydrogen.
Modifications to the group W may be made at any appropriate stage in
the pathways shown in Schemes I and II. For example, if U is the group
-CH2C02CH3 during the conversion of (VI) into (IB) (Scheme II), it may be
converted at the last stages of the synthesis into the group
CH3o2c.c=cH.OcH3.
The substitutents A, E and B (one of K, L, M having the value CB
wherein B is as defined above) as well as any substituents on the aryl or
heterocyclyl ring Z may also be modified at any appropriate reaction step
If, for example, A is a halogen such as chlorine, it may be removed a~ an
appropriate stage of the synthesis (such as the last stage) to give the
corresponding pyrimidine in which A is hydrogen. Or if, as a further
example, E is N02 it may be converted via reduction and diazotisation into
a halogen, cyano or hydroxyl group, and this may be carried out on
intermediates such as (II) or (VI) or on the compounds of formula (IA) or
(IB).
Modifications to the linking group X (such as reducing an olefinic
bond or oxidising a sulphur atom) may also be made at any appropriate
reaction step.
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N-~xides and N-alkyl salts can be made by N-oxidation or
quaternisation, respectively, of appropriate intermediates or of the final
compounds of the invention.
Pyrimidines of formulae tIV), (V), (VII) and (VIII) can be prepared by
standard methods described in the literature. Compounds of formulae (II)
and (III) can also be made by standard methods or, when W is
CH302C.C=CH.OCH3, can be made by methods described in EP-A-0242081 (T is
oxygen) and EP-A-0178826 respectively.
In a further aspect the invention provides processes as herein
described for preparing the compounds of formula (I). It also includes the
compound, (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-hydroxypyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenylJ-3-methoxy-
propenoate.
The compounds are active fungicides and may be used to control one or
more of the following pathogens : Pyricularia oryzae on rice; Puccinia
recondita, Puccinia striiformis and other rusts on wheat, Puccinia hordei,
Puccinia striiformis and other rusts on barley, and rusts on other hosts
e.g. coffee, pears, apples, peanuts, vegetables and ornamental plants;
Erysiphe graminis (powdery mildew) on barley and wheat and other powdery
mildews on various hosts such as Sphaerotheca macularis on hops,
Sphaerotheca fuliginea on cucurbits (e.g. cucumber), Podosphaera
leucotricha on apple and Uncinula necator on vines; Helminthosporium spp.,
Rhynchosporium spp., Septoria spp., Pyrenophora spp., Pseudocercosporella
herpotrichoides and Gaeumannomyces graminis on cereals; Cercospora
arachidicola and Cercosporidium personata on peanuts and other Cercospora
species on other hosts, for example, sugar beet, bananas, soya beans and
rice; Botrytis cinerea (grey mould) on tomatoes, strawberries, vegetables,
vines and other hosts; Alternaria spp. on vegetables (e.g. cucumber),
oil-seed rape, apples, tomatoes and other hosts; Venturia inaequalis (scab)
on apples; Plasmopara viticola on vines; other downy mildews such as Bremia
lactucae on lettuce, Peronospora spp. on soybeans, tobacco, onions and
other hosts, Pseudoperonospora humuli on hops and Pseudoperonospora
cubensis on cucurbits; Phytophthora infestans on potatoes and tomatoes and
other Phytophthora spp. on vegetables, strawberries, avocado, pepper,
ornamentals, tobacco, cocoa and other hosts; Thanatephorus cucumeris on
rice and other Rhizoctonia species on various hosts such as wheat and
barley, vegetables, cotton and turf.
Snme of the compounds show a broad range of activities against fungi
in vitro. They may also have activity against various post-harvest
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diseases of fruit (e.g. Penl llium digitatum and italicum and Tric_oderma
viride on oranges, Gloeosporium musarum on bananas and Botrytis cinerea on
grapes).
Further, some of the compounds may be active as seed dressings against
pathogens including Fusarium spp., Septoria spp., Tilletia spp., (bunt, a
seed-borne disease of wheat), Ustilago spp. and Helminth_s~orium spp. on
cereals, Rhizoctonia solani on cotton and Pyricularia oryzae on rice.
The compounds may move acropetally/locally in plant tissue. Moreover,
the compounds may be volatile enough to be active in the vapour phase
against fungi on the plant.
The invention therefore provides a method of combating fungi which
comprises applying to a plant, to a seed of a plant or to the locus of the
plant or seed a fungicidally effective amount of a compound as hereinbefore
defined, or a composition containing the same.
The compounds may be used directly for agricultural purposes but are
more conveniently formulated into compositions using a carrier or diluent.
The invention thus provides fungicidal compositions comprising a compound
as hereinbefore defined and an acceptable carrier or diluent therefor.
The compounds can be applied in a number of ways. For example, they
can be applied, formulated or unformulated, directly to the foliage of a
plant, to seeds or to other medium in which plants are growing or are to be
planted, or they can be sprayed on, dusted on or applied as a cream or
paste formulation, or they can be applied as a vapour or as slow release
granules.
Application can be to any part of the plant including the foliage,
stems, branches or roots, or to soil surrounding the roots, or to the seed
before it is planted, or to the soil generally, to paddy water or to
hydroponic culture systems. The invention compounds may also be injected
into plants or sprayed onto vegetation using electrodynamic spraying
techniques or other low volume methods.
The term "plant" as used herein includes seedlings, bushes and trees.
Furthermore, the fungicidal method of the invention includes preventative,
protectant, prophylactic and eradicant treatments.
The compounds are preferably used for agricultural and horticultural
purposes in the form of a composition. The type of composition used in any
instance will depend upon the particular purpose envisaged.
The compositions may be in the form of dustable powders or granules
comprising the active ingredient (invention compound~ and a solid diluent
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or carrier, for example, fillers such as kaolin, bentonite, kieselguhr,
dolomite, calcium carbonate, talc, powdered magnesia, fuller's earth,
gypsum, diatomaceous earth and china clay. Such granules can be preformed
granules suitable for application to the soil without further treatment.
These granules can be made either by impregnating pellets of filler with
the active ingredient or by pelleting a mixture of the active ingredient
and powdered filler. Compositions for dressing seed may include an agent
(for example, a mineral oil) for assisting the adhesion of the composition
to the seed; alternatively the active ingredient can be formulated for seed
dressing purposes using an organic solvent (for example, N-methylpyrrol-
idone, propylene glycol or N,N-dimethylformamide). The compositions may
also be in the form of wettable powders or water dispersible granules
comprising wettin or dispersing agents to facilitate the dispersion in
liquids. The powders and granules may also contain fillers and suspending
agents.
Emulsifiable concentrates or emulsions may be prepared by dissolving
the active ingredient in an organic solvent optionally containing a wetting
or emulsifying agent and then adding the mixture to water which may also
contain a wetting or emulsifying agent. Suitable organic solvents are
aromatic solvents such as alkylbenzenes and alkylnaphthalenes, ketones such
as cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanone, chlorinated hydrocarbons such as
chlorobenzene and trichlorethane, and alcohols such as benzyl alcohol,
furfuryl alcohol, butanol and glycol ethers.
Suspension concentrates of largely insoluble solids may be prepared by
ball or bead milling with a dispersing agent with a suspending agent
included to stop the solid settling.
Compositions to be used as sprays may be in the form of aerosols
wherein the formulation is held in a container under pressure of a
propellant, e.g. fluorotrichloromethane or dichlorodifluoromethane.
The invention com~ounds can be mixed in the dry state with a
pyrotechnic mixture to form a composition suitable for generating in
enclosed spaces a smoke containing the compounds.
Alternatively, the compounds may be used in micro-encapsulated form.
They may also be formulated in biodegradable polymeric formulations to
obtain a slow, controlled release of the active substance.
By including suitable additives, for example additives for improving
the distribution, adhesive power and resistance to rain on treated
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surfaces, the different compositions can be better adapted for various
utilities.
The invention compounds can be used as mixtures with fertilisers (e.g.
nitrogen-, potassium- or phosphorus-containing fertilisers). Compositions
comprising only granules of fertiliser incorporating, for example coated
with, the compound are preferred. Such granules suitably contain up to 25
by welght of the compound. The invention therefore also provides a
fertiliser composition comprising a fertiliser and the compound of general
formula (I) or a salt or metal complex thereof.
Wettable powders, emulsifiable concentrates and suspension
concentrates will normally contain surfactants9 e.g. a wetting agent,
dispersing agent, emulsifying agent or suspending agent. These agents can
be cationic, anionic or non-ionic agents.
Suitable cationic agents are quaternary ammonium compounds, for
example, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. Suitable anionic agents are
soaps, salts of aliphatic monoesters of sulphuric acid (for example, sodium
lauryl sulphate) "Ind salts of sulphonated aromatic compounds (for example,
sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate, sodium, calcium or ammonium
lignosulphonate, butylnaphthalene sulphonate, and a mixture of sodium
diisopropyl- and triisopropylnaphthalene sulphonates).
Suitable non-ionic agents are the condensation products of ethylene
oxide with fatty alcohols such as oleyl or cetyl alcohol, or with alkyl
phenols such as octyl- or nonylphenol and octylcresol. Other non-ionic
agents are the partial esters derived from long chain fatty acids and
hexitol anhydrides, the condensation products of the said partial esters
with ethylene oxide, and the lecithins. Suitable suspending agents are
hydrophilic colloids (for example, polyvinylpyrrolidone and sodium
carboxymethylcellulose), and swelling clays such as bentoni~e or
attapulgite.
Compositions for use as aqueous dispersions or emulsions are generally
supplied in the form of a concentrate containing a high proportion of the
active ingredient, the concentrate being diluted with water before use.
These concentrates should preferably be able to withstand storage for
prolonged periods and after such storage be capable of dilution with water
in order to form aqueous preparations which remain homogeneous for a
sufficient time to enable them to be applied by conventional spray
equipment. The concentrates may conveniently contain up to 95%, suitably
10-B5~, for example 25-60%, by weight of the active ingredient. After
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dilution to fGrm aqueous preparations, such preparations may contain
varying amounts of the active ingredient depending upon the intended
purpose, but an aqueous preparation containing 0.0005% or 0.01~ to 10~ by
weight of active ingredient may be used.
The compositions of this invention may contain other compounds having
biological activity, e.g. compounds having similar or complementary
fungicidal activity or which possess plant growth regulating, herbicidal or
insecticidal activity.
A fungicidal compound which may be present in the composition of the
invention may be one which is capable of combating ear diseases of cereals
(e.g. wheat) such as Septoria, Gibberella and Helminthosporium spp., seed
and soil-borne diseases and downy and powdery mildews on grapes and powdery
mildew and scab on apple, etc. By including another fungicide, the
composition can have a broader spectrum of activity than the compound of
general formula (I) alone. Further the other fungicide can have a
synergistic effect on the fungicidal activity of the compound of general
formula (I). Examples of fungicidal compounds which may be included in the
composition of the invention are (RS)-1-aminopropylphosphonic acid, (R~)-4-
-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-phenyl-2-(lH-1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)butyronitrile,
(Z)-N-but-2-enyloxymethyl-2-chloro-2',6'-diethylacetanilide, 1~(2-cyano-2-
-methoxyiminoacetyl)-3-ethyl urea, 3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(lH-1,2,4-tri-
azol-1-yl)quinazolin-4(3~)-one, 4-bromo-2-cyano-N,N-dimethyl-6-tr~fluoro-
methylbenzimidazole-1-sulphonamide, 5-ethyl-5,8-dihydro-8-oxo(1,3)-dioxol-
(4,5-g)quinoline-7-carboxylic acid, ~-lN-(3-chloro-2,6-xylyl)-2-methoxy-
acetamido]-r-butyrolactone, aldimorph, anilazine, benalaxyl, benomyl,
biloxazol, binapacryl, bitertanol, blasticidin S, bromuconazole,
bupirimate, buthiobate, captafol, captan, carbendazim, carboxin, chlorbenz-
thiazone, chloroneb, chlorothalonil, chlorozolinate, copper containing
compounds such as copper oxychloride, copper sulphate and Bordeaux mixture,
cycloheximide, cymoxanil, cyproconazole, cyprofuram, di-2-pyridyl
disulphide 1,1'-diGxide, dichlofluanid, dichlone, diclobutrazol,
diclomezine, dicloranj difenoconazole, dimethamorph, dimethirimol,
diniconazole, dinocap, ditalimfos, dithianon, dodemorph, dodine,
edifenphos, etaconazole, ethirimol, ethyl (Z)-N-benzyl-N-(lmethyl(me~hyl-
thioethylideneamino-oxycarbonyl)amino]thio)-~-alaninate9 etridiazole,
fenapanil, fenarimol, fenfuram, fenpiclonil, fenpropidin, fenpropimorph,
fentin acetate, fentin hydroxide, flutolanil, flutriafGl, flusilazole,
folpet, fosetyl-aluminium, fuberidazole, furalaxyl, furconazole-cis,
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guazatine, hexaconazole, hydroxyisoxazole, imazalil, imibenconazole,
iprobenfos, iprodione, isoprothiolane, kasugamycin, mancozeb, maneb,
mepanipyrim, mepronil, metalaxyl, methfuroxam, metsulfovax, myclobutanil,
neoasozin, nickel dimethyldithiocarbamate, nitrothal-isopropyl, nuarimol,
ofurace, organomercury compounds, oxadixyl, oxycarboxin, pefurazoate,
penconazole, pencvcuron, phenazin oxide, phthalide, polyoxin D, polyram,
probenazole, prochloraz, procymidone, propamocarb, propiconazole, propineb,
prothiocarb, pyrazophos, pyrifenox, pyroquilon, pyroxyfur, pyrrolnitrin,
quinomethionate, quintozene, SSF-109, streptomycin, sulphur, tebuconazole,
techlofthalam, tecnazene, tetraconazole, thiabendazole, thicyofen,
thiophanate-methyl, thiram, tolclofos-methyl, triacetate salt of
iminodi(octamethylene)diguanidine, triadimefon, triadimenol,
triazbutyl, tricyclazole, tridemorph, triforine, validamycin A,
vinclozolin, zarilamid and zineb. The compounds of general formula (I~ can
be mixed with soil, peat or other rooting media for the protection of
plants against seed-borne, soil-borne or foliar fungal diseases.
Suitable insecticides which may be incorporated in the composition of
the invention include buprofezin, carbaryl, carbofuran, carbosul~an,
chlorpyrifos, cycloprothrin, demeton-s-methyl, diazinon, dimethoate,
ethofenprox, fenitrothion, fenobucarb, fenthion, formothion, isoprocarb,
isoxathion, monocrotophos, phenthoate, pirimicarb, propaphos and XMC.
Plant growth regulating compounds are compounds which control weeds or
seedhead, formation, or selectively control the growth of less desirable
plants (e.g. grasses).
Examples of suitable plant growth regulating compounds for use with
the invention compounds are 3,6-dichloropicolinic acid,
1-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,6-di-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic
acid, methyl-3,6-dichloroanisate, abscisic acid, asulam, benzoylprop-ethyl,
carbetamide, daminozide, difenzoquat, dikegulac, ethephon, fenpentezol,
fluoridamid, glyphosate, glyphosine, hydroxybenzonitriles (e.g.
bromoxynil), inabenfide9 isopyrimol, long chain fatty alcohols and acids,
maleic hydrazide, mefluidide, morphactins (e.g. chlorfluoroecol),
paclobutrazol, phenoxyacetic acids (e.g. 2,4-D or MCPA~, substituted
benzoic acid (e.g. triiodobenzoic acid), substituted quaternary ammonium
and phosphonium compounds (e.g. chloromequat, chlorphonium or
mepiquatchloride), tecnazene, the auxins (e.g. indoleacetic acid,
indolebutyric acid, naphthylacetic acid or naphthoxyacetic acid), the
cytokinins (e.g. benzimidazole, benzyladenine, benzylaminopurine,
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diphenylurea or kinetin), the gibberellins (e.g. GA3, GA4 or GA7) and
triapenthenol.
The following Examples illustrate the invention. Throughout the
Examples, the term 'ether' refers to diethyl ether, magnesium sulphate was
used to dry solutions, and solutions were concentrated under reduced
pressure. Reactions involving water-sensitive intermediates were performed
under an atmosphere of nitrogen and solvents were dried before use, where
appropriate. Unless otherwise stated, chromatography was performed on a
column of silica gel as the stationary phase. Where shown, infrared and
NMR data are selective; no attempt is made to list every absorption in all
cases. 1H NMR spectra were recorded using CDCl3 solutions unless otherwise
stated. (E)-Methyl 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxypropenoate, used as an
intermediate in several of the following Examples, was prepared as
described in Example 3 of EP-A-0242081. Similarly, (E)-methyl
2-[2-(6-chloropyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-methoxypropenoate was prepared as
described in Example 3 of EP-A-0382375. The following abbreviations are
used throughout :
DME = dimethoxyethane
THF = tetrahydrofuran s = singlet
DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide d = doublet
DMSO = dimethyl sulphoxide dd = doublet of doublets
NMR = nuclear magnetic resonance t = triplet
IR = infrared m = multiplet
mp = melting point br = broad
GC = gas chromatography ppm = parts per million
TLC = thin layer chromatography
HPLC = high performance liquid chromatography
EXAMPLE 1
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-12-(6-(2-
-cyanoanilino)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.
377 of Table I).
(E)-Methyl 2-l2-(6-chloropyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate
(l.Og), was treated with sodium methanethiolate (1.09g) at room temperature
in chloroform (15ml) and water (lOml) in the presence of a catalytic amount
of tetrabutylammonium bromide. After stirring overnight, the chloroform
layer was separated and the remaining aqueous layer was further extracted
with chloroform. The combined chloroform layers were washed with water,
dried and concentrated to give an orange oil. Chromatography using a
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mixture of ether and hexane (2:1) gave (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-methylthio-
pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (0.92g, 89~ yield) as a pale
yellow oil; 1H NMR: S 2.52(3H,s), 3.59(3H,s), 3.73(3H,s3, 6.55(1H,s),
7.17(1H,d), 7.20-7.55(3H,m), 7.45(1H,s)? 8.57(1H,s) ppm.
The product (0.2g) was stirred with 3-chloroperbenzoic acid (0.38g of
a 55~ damp paste) in chloroform (25ml) at room temperature for 16 hours.
The reaction mixture was poured into a saturated solution of sodium
metabisulphite (50ml), the organic extract was separated and the aqueous
layer was extracted with more chloroform. The combined chloroform
solutions were washed with a saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate, then
dried and concentrated to give (_)-methyl 2-[Z-(6-methanesulphonyl-
pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (0.2Sg) as a colourless oil;
1H NMR: S 3.18(3H,s), 3.55(3H,s), 3.68(3H,s), 7.1-7.4(5H,m), 7.40(1H,s),
8.81(1H,s) ppm.
2-Cyanoformanilide (0.2g) was added to a suspension of sodium hydride
(0.035g) in DMF (15ml). After 40 minu~es the reaction mixture was cooled
to 0C and (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-methanesulphonylpyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-
-methoxypropenoate (O.Sg) in DMF (5ml) was added dropwise. The reaction
mixture was stirred for 16 hours before being poured into water and
extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined extracts were washed with brine
and concentrated to give an orange oil, which was purified by
chromatography using a mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane (1:1) as the
eluent, to give the title compound (0.5g, 95~ yield) as a foam 1H NMR:
3.61(3H,s), 3.76(3H,s), 6.13(1H,s), 7.1-7.45(6H,m), 7.46(1H,s),
7.5-7.7(2H,m), 8.13(1H,d), 8.45(1H,s~ ppm.
EXAMPLE 2
This Example illustrates the preparation of (_)- methyl 2-l2-t~-(2-
-cyano-_-methylanilino)-pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate
(Compound No. 354 of Table I).
A solution of (E)-methyl 2-[2-{6-(2-cyanoanilino)pyrimidin-4-yloxy}-
phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (0.5g, as prepared in Example 1) in DMF (5ml)
was added to a suspension of sodium hydride (0.05g) in DMF (lOml) at 0C.
After 2 hours methyl iodide (0.12ml) was added and the reaction mixture was
stirred for a further 3 hours. The reaction mixture was then poured into
water and extrac~ed with a mixture of ethyl acetate and ether (1:1~. The
combined extracts were washed with brine, dried and concentrated to give an
oil. Chromatography using ethyl acetate as the eluent gave the title
compound (O.lZ3g, 24~ yield) as a cream coloured foam; 1~ NMR: ~
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3.46(3~,s), 3.60(3H,s), 3.72(3H,s), 5.74(1H,s), 7.1-7.8(8H,m), 7.47(1H,s),
8.36(1H,s) ppm.
EXANPLE 3
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-[2-{6-(pyrid-
-2-ylamino)pyrimidin-4-yloxy}phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.220
of Table I).
2-Formylaminopyridine (0.167g) was added to a suspension of sodium
hydride (0.035~) in DMF (lOml). After 40 minutes the reaction mixture was
cooled to 0C and then (E)-methyl 2-l2-(6-rnethanesulphonylpyrimidin-4-
10 -yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (0.5g, prepared as in Example 1) in DMF
(5ml) was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred for 16 hours
before being poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The
combined extracts were washed with brine, and concentrated to give a pale
oil, which was chromatographed usin~ ether as the eluent to give the title
15 compound (0.109g, 21% yield) as a foam; 1H NMR: ~ 3.58(3H,s), 3.71~3H,s),
6.9~7.7(7H,m), 7.47(1H,s), 8.27~2H,m), 8.45(1H,s), 8.66(1H,s) ppm; mass
spectrum M+ 378.
EXAMPLE 4
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-
-anilinopyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.4 of
Table I).
A solution of formanilide (0.21g) in DMF (5ml) was added dropwise to a
suspension of sodium hydride (O.lg) in DMF (lOml). After 2 hours the
reaction mixture was cooled to 0C and (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-methanesulphonyl-
pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (0.63g) in DME (5ml) was
added dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred for 16 hours before being
poured into water and extracted with ether. The combined extracts were
washed with brine, dried and concentrated to give an oil. HPLC using ether
as the eluent gave the title compound (0.13g, 20~ yield) as an off-white
foam; lH NMR: ~ 3.58(3H,s), 3.73(3H,s), 6.13(1H,s), 6.80(1H,br s~,
7.1-7.4(9H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.35(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima (film): 1707, 1630
cm l; mass spectrum M+ 377.
EXAMPLE 5
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-di-
benzoylaminopyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.398
of Table I).
Sodium azide (0.25g) was added to a solution of (E)-methyl 2-[2-~6-
chloropyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (l.Og) in DMF (30ml).
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The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours at room temperature, then for
6 hours at 50C. After cooling, the reaction mixture was poured into water
and extracted with ether (3xlOOml). The combined extracts were washed with
brine, dried and concentrated to give (_)-methyl 2-12-~6-azidopyrimidin-4-
-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (1.02g, 99%) as an oil; lH NMR: ~
3.51t3H,s), 3.65(3H,s), 6.12(1H,s), 7.0-7.35(4H,m), 7.37(1H,s), 8.47(1H,s)
ppm; IR maxima (film): 2135, 1711, 1635 cm 1.
A solution of (E)-methyl 2-l2-(6-azidopyrimidin-4-yloxy)-3-methoxy-
propenoate (l.Og) in methanol and Lindlar catalyst (0.2g) was stirred undar
a blanket of hydrogen gas at 1 atmosphere of pressure. After 2 hours the
solution was filtered and concentrated to give an oil which crystallized on
trituration with hexane to give (E)-methyl 2-l2-(6-aminopyrimidin-4-yloxy)-
phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (0.82g, 90% yield) as a white solid, m.p.
158-160C; 1H NMR: ~ 3.60(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 4.96(1H,br.s), 5.73(1H,s),
7.1-7.4(4H,m), 7.45(1~,s), 8.25(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima (mull): 3346, 3200,
1706, 1637 cm~1.
Benzoyl chloride (0.09ml) was added to a stirred solution of
(E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-aminopyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate
(0.2g) and triethylamine (0.12ml) in ether (30ml) at 0C. The reaction
mixture was stirred for 16 hours and then poured into water and extracted
with ether. The combined ether extracts were washed successively with
brine and saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and then dried,
concentrated and chromatographed using a mixture of ethyl acetate and
hexane (1:3) as the eluent, to~give the title com~ound (0.23g, 68~ yield)
as a clear foam; 1H NMR: ~ 3.60(3H,s), 3.68(3H,s), 6.77(1H,s),
7.0-7.45(8H,m), 7.46(1H,s), 7.5-7.6(2H,m), 7.7-7.8(4H,m), 8.53(1H,s) ppm;
IR maxima (mull): 1705, 1632 cm 1.
EXAMPLE 6
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-12-(6-chloro-
-2-phenylpyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.378 of
Table II).
A stirred solution containing (E)-methyl 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-
methoxypropenoate (208mg) and 4,6-dichloro-2-phenylpyrimidine (225mg,
prepared according to the method of D.B. Harden, M.J. Mokrose and L.
Strekowski, J.Org.Chem, 1988, 53, 4137-4140) in DMF (5ml) was cooled to
0C. Potassium carbonate (138mg) was then added and stirring was continued
at 0C under an atmosphere of nitrogen. After 3 hours, the temperature was
allowed to rise to room temperature and stirring was continued overnight.
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The reaction mixture was diluted with water and then acidified with dilute
hydrochloric acid. The resulting mixture was extracted with ether (x3) and
the combined e~her extracts were washed successively with dilute aqueous
sodium hydroxide solution (x2) and water (x3) and then dried. Evaporation
of the solvent gave an oil (0.31g), which solidified on standing.
Chromatography (eluent ether-hexane, 1:2) afforded the title compound
(0.12g, 30~) as an off-white solid; m.p. 118-120C; 1H NMR: ~ 3.54(3H,s),
3.67(3H,s), 6.65(1H,s), 7.22-7.50(7H,m), 7.44(1H,s), 8.28-8.33(2H,m) ppm;
IR maxima: 1708, 1631 cm 1.
EXAMPLE 7
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-12-phenyl-
pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl~-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.180 of Table
II).
To a stirred solution of (E)-methyl 2-12-(6-chloro-2-phenylpyrimidin-
-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (280mg, prepared according to Example
6) in THF (7.5ml) at room temperature was added 10% palladium on carbon
catalyst (30mg) and potassium carbonate (150mg). A solution of sodium
hypophosphite (200mg) in water (3.7ml) was added dropwise over a period of
10 minutes. There was effervesence and the temperature of the reaction
mixture rose to 25C. Further amounts of palladium catalyst were added
after 1.75 hours and 2.25 hours (30mg and 80mg, respectively). After
stirring for a further day, the reaction mixture was filtered. The filter
was washed through with ethyl acetate and water and the combined aqueous
phases were extracted with ethyl acetate (x2). The combined organic
filtrates and washings were washed with water (x3) and dried. Evaporation
of the solvent gave the title compound as an oil (230mg) which solified on
cooling; m.p. 129-131C; 1H NMR: ~ 3.51(3H,s), 3.65(3H,s), 6.65-6.68(1H,d),
7.24-7.46(7H,m), 7.43(1H,s), 8.28-8.33(2H,m~, 8.58-8.60(1H,d) ppm; IR
maxima: 1703, 1630 cm~1.
EXAMPLE 8
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-phenyl-
pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.180 of Table I).
To 2-mercapto-6-hydroxy-4-phenylpyrimidine (lOg) in `880' ammonia
solution (lOOml) was carefully added Raney nickel (32.5g, 50~ slurry)
portionwise. Immediate effervescence took place. The mixture was heated
to reflux for 4 hours, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure.
The initial residue was azeotroped with toluene (x2) to remove final traces
of water. The pale blue residue was dissolved in hot ethanol and filtered
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and then the filtrate was treated with charcoal. The resulting green
solution was evaporated under reduced pressure to afford crude
4-hydroxy-6-phenylpyrimidine (4.65g) as a green solid (m.p.>300C) which
was used in the next stage without further puriEication.
Crude 4-hydroxy-~-phenylpyrimidine (3.65g) was heated to reflux with
phosphoryl chloride (40ml) for 90 minutes. The reaction mixture was cooled
and then concentrated under reduced pressure to afford a brown solid. The
brown solid was partitioned between water cmd ether and the combined ether
extracts washed with brine, dried and evaporated to give 4-chloro-6-phenyl-
pyrimidine (2.18g, 93.5~ pure by GC analysis) as a yellow solid which was
used directly in the next stage.
To a suspension of sodium methanethiolate ~0.88g) in dry DMF (15ml) at
0C was added dropwise over 20 minutes a solution of 4-chloro-6-phenyl-
pyrimidine (2.18g) in dry DMF (25ml). Ater stirring for a further 15
minutes, the temperature was allowed to rise to room temperature. After 2
hours the reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ether
(x3). The combined ether extracts were washed with water (x2), dried,
filtered and evaporated to give 4-methylthio-6-phenylpyrimidine (2.16g, 87
pure by GC analysis) as a yellow liquid which was used directly in the next
stage.
To a solution of 4-methylthio-6-phenylpyrimidine (2.16g) in glacial
acetic acid (15ml) at 15C was added a solution of potassium permanganate
~2.15g) in water (50ml). The reaction mixture was stirred at room
temperature for 2 hours and then left to stand overnight. Gaseous sulphur
dioxide was then passed through the reaction mixture at ca. 10C until
decolourisation had taken place. The resulting white suspension was poured
into water and extracted with chloroform (x3). The combined organic
extracts were washed successively with a saturated solution of sodium
hydrogen carbonate (x2) and water (x2) and then dried, filtered and
evaporated to give a white solid (2.41g). Recrystallisation from
dichloromethane/petrol afforded 4-methanesulphonyl-6-phenylpyrimidine
(1.57g) m.p.109-111C.
To (E)-methyl 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxypropenoate (218mg) and
potassium carbonate (138mg) in dry DMF (5ml) at 0C was added dropwise over
10 minutes a solution of 4-methanesulphonyl-6-phenylpyrimidine (234mg).
After stirring for 15 minutes the temperature was allowed to reach room
temperature. Ater 5~ hours, more ~E)-methyl 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxy-
propenoate (45mg) was added and stirring was continued for 45 minutes. The
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reaction mixture was left to stand overnight at room temperature and then
poured into water and acidified with dilute hydrochloric acid. The
resulting mixture was extracted with ether (x3) and the combined ether
extracts were washed with dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (x3) and
water (x3). The organic phase was dried, filtered and evaporated to give
an orange gum (0.37g) which was chromatographed (eluent ether-hexane, 2:1)
to afford the title compound (0.17g) as a ~um; lH NMR: ~ 3.57(3H,s),
- 3.72(3H,s), 7.14(1H,s), 7.23-7.53(7H,m), 7046(1H,s), 8.00-8.05(2H,m),
8.85(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima: 1702, 1638 cm 1.
EXAMPLE 9
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-l2-(4-phenyl-
pyrimidin-2-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.180 of Table
III).
To a stirred suspension of sodium methanethiolate (0.35g) in DMF (5ml)
at 0C was added dropwise a solution of 2-chloro-4-phenylpyrimidine (0.86g,
prepared from 2-chloropyrimidine according to the method of D B Harden et
al., J.Org.Chem., 1~88, 53, 4137) in DMF (5ml). Stirring was continued at
0C for 15 minutes and then the temperature was allowed to rise to room
temperature. After a further 2 hours, the reaction mixture was diluted
with water and then extracted with ether (x3). The combined ether extracts
were washed with water, dried, filtered and evaporated to give
2-methylthio-4-phenylpyrimidine (0.76g) as a brown solid which was used
directly in the next stage.
To a solution of 2-methylthio-4-phenylpyrimidine (0.76g) in
dichloromethane (15ml) at 0C was added portionwise over 15 minutes
meta-chloroperbenzoic acid (1.65g). The resulting white emulsion was
warmed to room temperature and stirred for a further 3~ hours. The
reaction mixture was evaporated to give a white solid. The solid was
redissolved in dichloromethane and washed with saturated aqueous sodium
bicarbonate solution (x2), and then with water (x2). The resulting
solution was dried, filtered and evaporated to give crude
2-methanesulphonyl-4-phenylpyrimidine (0.84g) as a yellowish solid which
was used in the next stage without further purification.
To (E)-methyl 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-3-methoxypropenoate (0.75g) and
potassium carbonate (0.50g) in dry DMF (5ml) was added dropwise over 10
minutes a solution of 2-methanesulphonyl-4-phenylpyrimidine (0.84g) in DMF
(5ml). After 1~ minutes at 0C, the temperature was allowed to attain room
temperature. After standing over the weekend at room temperature, the
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reaction mixture was poured into water, acidified with dilute hydrochloric
acid and then extracted with ether (x3~. The combined organic extracts
were washed with dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide (x3) and then with water
~x3) and then dried, filtered and evaporated to afford a red gum (0.75g).
Repeated chromatography (eluents ether-hexane, 1:1 and then ether) gave the
title com~ound as an off-white foam (0.03g) which crystallised on
trituration with petrol; m.p. 98-lOO~C; H NMR: ~ 3.52(3H,s), 3.67(3H,s),
7.25-7.50(8H,m), 7.43(1H,s), 8.01-8.05(2H,m), 8.53-8.55(1H,d) ppm; IR
maxima: 1708, 1633 cm 1; mass spectrum m/e 362(M+).
EXAMPLE 10
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-12-(6-phenyl-
thiopyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.1 of Table
I).
To (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-chloropyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-methoxy-
propenoate (0.96g) and potassium carbonate (0.43g) in dry DMF (lOml) at
room temperature was added a solution of thiophenol (0.35g) in dry DMF
(2ml). After stirring for 2~ hours, the reaction mixture was poured into
water and then extracted with ether (x3). The combined ether extracts were
washed with dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide and water (x3) and then dried,
filtered and evaporated to give a yellow gum (1.33g). Trituration with
ether afforded the title compound as a white solid (0.9lg); m.p. 75-8C;
1H ~MR: ~ 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 6.24(1~,s), 7.07-7.11(1H,d),
7.20-7.36(3H,m), 7.45-7.51(3H,m~, 7.40(1H,s), 7.56-7.63(2H,m), 8.50(1H,s)
ppm; IR maxima: 1707, 1626 cm 1.
EXAMPLE 11
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E~-methyl 2-[2-(6-phenyl-
sulphinylpyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate and (E)-methyl
2-[2-(6-phenylsulphonylpyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate
(Compounds Nos. 2 and 3 respectively of Table I).
To a stirred solution of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-phenylthiopyrimidin-4-
-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (315mg, prepared as in Example 10) in
dichloromethane (5ml) at 10C was added dropwise a solution of
meta-chloroperbenzoic acid (0.58g) in dichloromethane (lOml). The
temperature was allowecl to rise to room temperature and stirring was
continued overnight. The reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness and
the white solid residue was redissolved in ethyl acetate. The solution was
washed with dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (x3) and water (x3~,
and then dried, filtered and evaporated to give a yellow gum (0.16g).
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Chromatography teluent ether-hexane, 4:1) afforded the sulphone title
compound as a white solid (175mg); m.p. 126-8C; H NMR: ~ 3.58(3H,s),
3.70(3H,s), 7.14-7.18(1H,d), 7.31-7.45(3~,m), 7.44(1H,s), 7.55-7.62(3H,m),
7.67-7.72(1H,m), 8.05-8.09(2H,m), 8.77(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima: 1708, 1634,
1360, 1160 cm 1; and the sulphoxide title compound (60mg) as a colourless
gum which crystallised on trituration with ether3 m.p. 108-110C; 1H NMR:
3.53(3H,s), 3.63(3H,s), 7.14-7.18(1H,d), 7.29-7.43(3H,m), 7.42(1H,s),
7.47-7.52(3H,m), 7.55(1H,s), 7.80-7.84(2H,m), 8.65(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima:
1708? 1633, 1050 cm 1.
EXAMPLE 12
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-
-benzyloxypyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl~-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.23 of
Table I).
To a stirred solution of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-methanesulphonylpyrimidin-
-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (0.546g, prepared as in Example 1) and
potassium carbonate (0.228g) in DMF (5ml) at room temperature was added
dropwise over 20 minutes a solution of benzyl alcohol (0.178g) in DMF
(5ml). After stirring for several days, the reaction mixture was poured
into water and then extracted with ether (x3). The combined ether extracts
were washed successively with dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (x2)
and water (x3) and then dried, filtered and evaporated to give a red/brown
oil (0.37g). Chromatography (eluent ether-hexane, 2:1) afforded the title
compound (O.lOg) as a pale yellow gum; 1H NMR: ~ 3.58(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s),
5.40(2H,s), 6.10(1H,s), 7.14-7.18(1H,d), 7.25-7.46(8H,m), 7.45(1H,s),
8.45(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima: 1708, 1637 cm 1.
EXAMPLE 13
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-{2-16-(2-
-hydroxythiobenzamido)pyrimidin-6-yloxy]phenyl)-3-methoxypropenoate
(Compound No. 367 of Table I).
~E)-Methyl 2-l2-(6-chloropyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate
(1.50g, 4.68mmol) was heated overnight at 95-100C with 2-cyanophenol
(0.61g, 5.15mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.71g, 5.15mmol) in DMF (35ml)
in the presence of a catalytic amount of copper(I) chloride. The reaction
mixture was cooled, diluted with water and then extracted with ether. The
combined ether layers were washed successively with 2M aqueous sodium
hydroxide solution and brine and then dried. Evaporation of the solvent
gave a pale yellow oil (1.52g). Crystallisation from ether/dichloro-
methane~n-hexane gave (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-
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-yloxy)phenyl~-3-methoxypropenoate as a pale yellow powder ~1.20g, 64
yield), m.p. 110-111C; 1H NMR: ~ 3.63(3H,s), 3.74(3H,s), 6.42~1H,s),
7.19-7.47(6H,m), 7.50(1H,s), 7.62-7.75(2H,m), 8.40(1H,s) ppm. In a
subsequent preparation of this compound, recrystallisation gave a white
crystalline solid, mp 118-119C.
Excess hydrogen sulphide gas was bubbled through a stirred solution of
(E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxy-
propenoate (2.09g, 15.19mmol) and triethylamine (0.52g) in dry pyridine
(45ml) at 50C. After 4~ hours at 50C and one week at room temperature,
excess hydrogen sulphide was removed by passing air through the reaction
mixture. The resulting brown solution was evaporated and a2eotroped with
toluene (2.50ml) to give a brown oil, which was triturated with water
(3x40ml). The residue was chromatographed (eluent acetone-hexane, 2:3) to
afford a pale yellow oil (0.79g). Trituration with hexane gave (E)-methyl
2-12-(6-(2-thiocarboxamidophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl~-3-methoxy-
propenoate as a pale orange powder (0.68g, 30~ yield); m.p. 125-128C. A
sample prepared subsequently had m.p. 131-3C; 1H NMR: ~ 3.63(3H,s),
3.78(3H,s), 6.27(1H,s), 7.18(1H,s), 7.10-7.60(6H,m), 7.49(1H,s),
7.71(1H,s~, 7.91(1H,s), 8.05(1H,dd), 8.39(1H,s) ppm.
A suspension of (E)-methyl 2-~2-(6-(2-thiocarboxamidophenoxy)-
pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-methoxypropenoate (0.437g) in saturated aqueous
sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (50ml) was stirred at room temperature.
After several days dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide (20ml) was added and
stirring at room temperature was continued. After 3 hours, the reaction
mixture was washed with ether, acidifed with dilute hydrochloric acid
(which gave a yellow suspension) and then extracted with ethyl acetate.
The ethyl acetate extracts were washed with water, dried and concentrated
to give an orange foam (0.30g). Chromatography (eluent ethyl acetate)
afforded the title compound as a yellow/orange solid (O.lg); m.p. 104-8C;
1H NMR: ~ 3.62(3H,s), 3.76(3H,s), 6.94-7.06(2H,m), 7.21-7.47(7H,m),
7.48(1H,s), 7.61-7.70(1H,br.s), 8.40-8.50~1H,br.s), 8.55(1H,s) ppm; IR
maxima: 1701, 1631 cm~1.
EXAMPLE 14
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-12-(6-(2-
-hydroxybenzamido)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound
No.362 of Table I).
To (E)-methyl 2-l2-(6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-
-methoxypropenoate (0.46g, prepared as described in Example 13) in DMS0
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(2ml) at room temperature was added potassium carbonate (0.076g) in water
(O.lml) followed by hydrogen peroxide (0.2ml, 30% aqueous solution). After
stirring for 4.75 hours, water was added to the reaction mixture producing
a creamy precipitate. The precipitate was filtered off, washed with water
and dried to afford a cream solid (0.22g). The filtrate was extracted with
ether (x3) and the combined ether extracts were washed with brine and waeer
(x3), and then dried, filtered and evaporated to give a white gum (0.08g).
Chromatography (eluent ether-methanol mixtures) gave the title compound
(36mg) as an off-white foam; m.p. 60-80C softens); 1H NMR: ~ 3.62(3H,s),
3.75(3H,s), 6.94-6.99(1H9t), 7.04-7.07~1H,d), 7.20-7.24(1H,d),
7.30-7.54(4H,m), 7.47(1H,s), 7.59-7.63(1H,m), 7.75(1H,s), 8.49(1H,s),
8.80(1H,s), 11.55(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima: 3300, 1708, 1686 cm ; mass
spectrum m/e 421 (M+) and a second product (_)-methyl 2-12-(6-(2-
-carboxamidophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (0.06g)
as a fluffy white solid which on trituration gave a white crystalline
solid; m.p. 138-141C; lH NMR: ~ 3.60(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 5.72-5.80(1H,s),
6.26(1H,s), 6.60-6.68(1H,s), 7.12-7.22(2H,m), 7.28-7.44(4H,m), 7.46(1H,s),
7.52-7.58(1H,m), 8.03-8.06(1H,m), 8.42(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima: 3480-3190,
1705, 1677 cm~l.
EXAMPLE 15
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-l2-(6-(2-
-hydroxyanilino)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound
No.379 of Table I).
To a solution of (E)-methyl 2-16-(2-nitrophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy~-
phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (4.23g, prepared by the method described for
(E)-methyl 2-[2- (6-(2-cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-methoxy-
propenoate in Example 13) in acetone (lOOml) at room temperature was added
dropwise over several hours an aqueous solution of titanium trichloride
(50ml, 15~). The reaction mixture was stirred for 4 hours, left to stand
overnight, and then poured carefully into saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen
carbonate (1.251). The resulting mixture w~s filtered and then extracted
with ethyl acetate (x3~. The combined organic extracts were washed with
brine (x2), dried and evaporated to afford a brown gum (0.72g). Treatment
of a hot ethyl acetate solution of the gum with charcoal led to a yellow
foam (0.60g) which was chromatographed (eluent ethyl acetate-hexane, 2:1)
to give the title compound (0.30g) as a pale yellow solid; m.p. 81-5C;
H NMR: ~ 3.60(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 5.93(1H,s), 6.72(1H,s), 6.82-6.89(1H,m),
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7.01-7.19(4H,m), 7.25-7.41(3H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 8.35(1H,s), 9.50-9.61(1H,s)
ppm; IR maximum: 1707 cm 1.
EXA~IPLE 16
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-16-(a-cy.~no-
benzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No. 369
of Table I).
To a stirred solution of mandelonitrile (290mg) in DMF (5ml) at room
temperature was added potassium carbonate (400mg) followed by (E)-methyl
2-12-(6-methanesulphonylpyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate
(530mg, prepared as described in Example 1). The reaction mixture was
stirred at room temperature for 6 hours, poured into water (20ml) and then
extracted with ether (x3). The combined ether layers were dried, filtered
and evaporated. The residue was combined with a second preparation and
then chromatographed (eluent ether-hexane, 3:1) to a~ford the title
compound as an oil (97mg); 1H NMR: S 3.55(3H,s), 3.70(3H,s), 6.15(1H,s),
6.80(1H,s), 7.15(1H,d), 7.28-7.50(6H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 7.60(2H,m), 8.50(1H,s)
ppm; mass spectrum mte 417 (M+).
EXAMPLE 17
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-(2-
-cyanobenzenesulphonyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-methoxypropenoate
(Compound No. 381 of Table I).
To a solution of 4-nitrobenzyl alcohol (666mg) in DMF (8ml) was added
potassium carbonate (800mg) followed by a solution of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-
-methanesulphonylpyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (l.Og,
prepared as described in Example 1) in DMF (3ml). The reaction mixture was
heated to 60C under an atmosphere of nitrogen for 5~ hours, cooled and
then poured into water (40ml). The resulting mixture was extracted with
ether (x3) and the combined ether layers were dried and evaporated to yield
an orange oil. Chromatography (eluent ether-hexane, 7:3) gave (E)-methyl
2-[2-(6-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate
(532mg) as a glass which sDlidified on standing; m.p. 96-98C; 1H NMR:
3.55(3H,s), 3.75(3H,s), 5.50(2H,s), 6.15(1H,s), 7.15(1H,d), 7.3(3H,m),
7.45(1H,s), 7.58(2H,d), 8.22(2H,d), 8.42(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima: 1700, 1620,
1560, 1340 cm 1; mass spectrum m/e 437 (M+).
(E)-Methyl 2-[2-~6-(4-nitrobenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-
-methoxypropenoate (1.4g) in ethanol (30ml) in the presence of 5~ PdtC
catalyst (300mg) was treated with hydrogen at 1 atmosphere pressure. After
90 minutes, the reaction mixture was filtered and evaporated to give a
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yellow oil. Chromatography (eluent ethyl acetate-hex~ne, 95:5~ afforded
(E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-hydroxypyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl~-3-methoxypropenoate
(500mg~ as a pale yellow solid; m.p. 168-170C; 1H NMR: ~ 3.80(3H,s),
5.65(1~,s), 7.15(1H,d), 7.3(3H,m), 7.50(1H,s), 7.95(1H,s) ppm; IR maximum:
1680cm 1; mass spectrum m/e 302 (M+).
To a solution of (E)-methyl 2-12-(6-hydroxypyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-
-3-methoxypropenoate (315mg) in pyridine (3ml) was added 2-cyanobenzene-
sulphonyl chloride (505mg) in one portion. The reaction mixture was
stirred at room temperature for 5 hours, left to stand overnight and then
poured into water (15ml). The resulting mixture was extracted with
dichloromethane (x2) and the combined organic layers were washed with
water, dried, filtered and evaporated to give a gum. Trituration with
ether gave the title compound (250mg) as a solid; m.p. 151-2~C; 1H NMR:
3.6(3H,s), 3.7(3H,s), 6.52(1H,s), 7.15(1H,d), 7.3(3H,m), 7.45(1H,s),
7.85(2H,m), 7.95(1H,m), 8.25(1H,d), 8.42(1H,s) ppm; IR maxima 2240, 1700
cm 1; mass spectrum m/e 467 (M+).
EXAMPLE 18
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-12-(6-(2-
-cyanobenzyloxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No.
389 of Table I).
To a solution of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-hydroxypyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-
-3-methoxypropenoate (500mg, prepared according to the method outlined in
Example 17) in DMF (3ml) was added potassium carbonate (270mg). The
mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes and then a solution
of 2-cyanobenzyl bromide (345mg) in DMF (3ml) was added. The reaction
mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours and then poured into
water (15ml) and extracted with dichloromethane (x3). The combined organic
extracts were dried and concentrated. Chromatography of the residue
(eluent ethyl acetate-hexane, 8:2) gave the title compound (83mg) as a gum;
1H NMR: ~ 3.55(3H,s), 3.72(3H,s), 5.60(2H,s), 6.15(1H,s), 7.15(1H,d),
7.25-7.50(4H,m), 7.45(1H,s), 7.60(2H,m), 7.70(1H,d), 8.45(1H,s~ ppm; IR
maxima: 2240, 1700, 1630 cm~1.
EXAMPLE 19
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-[2-(6-
-(benzthiazol-2-ylthio)pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate
(Compound No. 530 of Table I).
To a stirred suspension of sodium hydride (150mg, 3.43 mmol, 55%
dispersion in oil, pre-washed with petroleum ether) in DMF (4ml) was added
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dropwise a solution of 2-mercaptobenzthiazole (521mg, 3.12 mmol~ in DMF
(8ml). Effervescence took place and the reaction mixture became
tan-coloured. After stirring at room temperature for 10 minutes, the
reaction mixture was heated at 60C for 30 minutes and then cooled again to
room temperture. A solution of (E)-methyl 2-l2-(6-chloropyrimidin-4-
-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (l.OOg, 3.12 mmol) in DMF (8ml) was then
added over a period of one minute. The reaction mixture was cooled, poured
into water and extracted with ether (x3). The combined ether extracts were
washed with water (x3), dried and ev~porated to give a brown gum ~424mg).
Chromatography (eluent ether-hexane, 3:2) afforded the tltle compound as an
opaque cream gum (124mg, 8~); IR maxima 3050, 2947, 1709, 1633 cm 1; mass
spectrum: m/e 451(M ); 1H NMR: ~ 3.58(3H,s), 3.72(3H,s), 7.16(1H,d),
7.44(1H,s), 7.27-7.56(5H,m), 7.89(1H,d), 7.91(1H,s), 8.06(1H,d), 8.64(1H,s)
ppm.
EXAMPLE 20
This Example illustrates the preparation of (E)-methyl 2-l2-(6-benzyl-
pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-3-methoxypropenoate (Compound No. 9 of Table I).
A solution of (E)-methyl 2-l2-(6-chloropyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyll-
-3-methoxypropenoate (0.6g), benzyl tri-n-butyltin (0.75g) and
bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium chloride (O.lg) in DMP (20ml) was heated
at 100C for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature
and potassium fluoride (20ml of a 10~ aqueous solution~ was added. The
resulting mixture was stirred for 3 hours then filtered through 'Hyflo'
supercel filter aid which was rinsed through with ether. The combined
filtrates and washings were extracted with ether (x2) and the combined
extracts were washed with brine, then dried, concentrated and
chromatographed using ether:hexane 1:1 as the eluent to give the title
compound (0.4g), containing as a 50~ impurity (E)-methyl 2-[2-n-
-butylpyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl~-3-methoxypropenoate, as an oil; 1H NMR:
4.04(2H,s, C6H5-CH2), 7.40 or 7.44(lH,s) ppm.
EXAMPLE 21
This Example illustrates the preparation of Compound No. 404 of
Table I.
A solution of 2-acetylpyrazine oxime (0.50g) in DMF (15ml) was added
dropwise to a stirred suspension of sodium hydride (8~mg) in DMF tlOml).
After 15 minutes, a solution of (E)-methyl 2-12-(6-chloropyrimidin-4-
-yloxy)phenyl]-3-methoxypropenoate (1.17g) in DMF (25ml) was added, and the
resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The
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reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with ether. The
ether extracts were washed with water, dried, concentrated and
chromatographed using ethyl acetate as eluent to give the title compound
(0.52g, 34æ yield) as an orange gum which crystallised on standing, m.p.
138-40C; 1H NMR: ~ 2.62(3H,s), 3.59(3H,s), 3.73(3H,s), 6.81(1H,s),
7.48(1H,s), 8.51(1H,s), 8.64(2H,s), 9.26(1H,s) ppm; IR maximum: 1708 cm 1.
The following are examples of compositions suitable for agricultural
and horticiultural purposes which can be formulated from the compounds of
the invention. Such compositions form another aspect of the invention.
Percentages are by weight.
EXAMPLE 22
An emulsifiable concentrate is made up by mixing and stirring the
ingredients until all are dissolved.
Compound No.180 of Table II 10%
Benzyl alcohol 30~
Calcium dodecylbenzenesulphonate 5æ
Nonylphenolethoxylate (13 moles ethylene oxide) lOæ
Alkyl benzenes 45
EXAMPLE 23
The active ingredient is dissolved in methylene dichloride and the
resultant liquid sprayed on to the granules of attapulgite clay. The
solvent is then allowed to evaporate to produce a granular composition.
Compound No.180 of Table II 5%
Attapulgite granules 95
EXAMPLE 24
A composition suitable for use as a seed dressing is prepared by
grinding and mixing the three ingredients.
Compound No.180 of Table II 50~
Mineral oil 2%
China clay 48æ
EXAMPLE 25
A dustable powder is prepared by grinding and mixing the active
ingredient with talc.
Compound No.180 of Table II 5%
Talc
EXAMPLE 26
A suspension concentrate is prepared by ball milling the ingredients
to form an aqueous suspension of the ground mixture with water.
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Compound No.180 of Table II 40%
Sodium lignosulphonate 10
Bentonite clay 1%
Uater 49%
This formulation can be u~ed as a spray by diluting into water or
applied directly to seed.
EXAMPLE 27
A wettable powder formulat!on is made by mixing together and grinding
the ingredients until all are throughly mixed.
Compound No.212 of Table I 25%
Sodium lauryl sulphate 2%
Sodium lignosulphonate 5%
Silica 25%
China clay 43%
EXAMPLE 28
The compounds were tested against a variety of foliar fungal diseases
of plants. The technique employed was as follows.
The plants were grown in John Innes Potting Compost (No.1 or 2) in 4cm
diameter minipots. The test compounds were formulated either by bead
milling with aqueous Dispersol T or as a solution in acetone or
acetone/ethanol which was diluted to the required concentration immediately
before use. For the foliage diseases, the formulations (100 ppm activé
ingredient except where otherwise indicated) were sprayed onto the foliage
and applied to the roots of the plants in the soil. The sprays ~ere
applied to maximum retention and the root drenches to a final concentration
equivalent to approximately 40 ppm a.i. in dry soil. Tween 20, to give a
final concentration of 0.05%, was added when the sprays were applied to
cereals.
For most of the tests the compound was applied to the soil (roots) and
to the foliage (by spraying) one or two days before the plant was
inoculated with the disease. An exception was the test on Erysiphe
graminis in which the plants were inoculated 24 hours before treatment.
Foliar pathogens were applied by spray as spore suspensions onto the leaves
of test plants. After inoculation, the plants were put into an appropriate
environment to allow infection to proceed and then incubated until the
disease was ready for assessment. The period between inoculation and
assessment varied from Eour to fourteen days according to the disease and
environment.
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The disease control was recorded by the following grading :
4 = no disease
3 = trace-5% of disease on untreated plants
2 = 6-25~ of disease on untreated plarlts
1 = 26-59% of disease on untreated plants
0 = 60-100~ of disease on untreated plants
The results are shown in Table IX.
Ke~ to Diseases
Pr Puccinia recondita
Egh Erysiphe graminis hordei
Egt Erysiphe graminis tritici
Sn Septoria nodorum
Po Pyricularia oryzae
Tc Thanatephorus cucumeris
Vi Venturia inaequalis
Ca Cercospora arachidicola
Pv Plasmopara viticola
Pil Phytophthora infestans lycopersici
TABLE IX
Compound Table Pr Egh Egt Sn Po Tc Vi Ca Pv Pil
No No
1 I 44 - - 4 - 4 - 44
2 I Oa Oa Oa Oa 4a Oa
3 I 30 - - 2 - 4 - 40
4 I 44 - - 3 - 4443
9 I 0 - 444 - 4 - 44
23 I 44 - - 4 - 444
96 I 44 - - 3 - - - 44
133 I 44 - - 343 - 40
134 I 44 - - 2 - - - 4
180 I 44 - - - - 444
218 I 44 - - 3 - 4443
220 I 44 - - 4 - 4440
222 I 4 - 434 - 4 - 40
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TABLEIX(continued)
CompoundTablePrEghEgtSnPoTcViCaPvPil
No No
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229 I4-4 4 4-4-4 3
236 I4-3 3 2-4-4 4
239 I4 4--3-4 4 4 4
250 I--4 4 2---4-
271 I4-3 2 2-0-0 2
320 I4-4 4 3 4 4-4 4
354 I4 4--3-4 4 4 0
355 I0 4----4-0 0
356 I1 0----4 3 4 0
357 I4 4--4-4-4 4
358 I4 4--4-4-4 4
359 I4 4-----4 4 4
360 I4 4--4-4-4 4
361 I4 4--4-4-4 4
363 I4 4--4-4-4 4
364 I4 4--4-4-4 4
365 I4 4--4-4-4 6
366 I4 4--4-4-4 4
367 I4a3a Oa 2a 4a0
368 I4 4`--3-4-4 3
369 I4 4--4-4-4 3
370 I4 4--4-4-4 4
371 I4 4--4-4-4 0
372 I4 4--4-4-4 4
373 I4 4--4-4-4 3
374 I4 4--4-4-4 4
375 I4 4--4 4 3-3 0
376 I4 4--3 4 4-4 4
377 I4 4--0-4 4 4 4
379 I3 0--0-0-4 0
380 I4 4--4-4-4 3
381 I2 0--2-0-0 0
382 I4 4--4-4-4 4
.: - - , :
: ' ' - ' ~, ~' ' '; - ' . " : . '
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TABLE IX (continued)
. .
Compound Table Pr Egh Egt Sn Po Tc Vi Ca Pv Pil
No No
.
383 I 4 Oa ~ 4a Oa 4a 3a 4a Oa
5 384 I 4 4 - 4 - 4 4 - 4 4
385 I 4 4 - 4 - 4 4 - 4 4
386 I 4 4 - 4 4 4 4 - 4 4
387 I 4 4 - 4 4 4 4 - 4 4
388 I 4 4 - 4 4 4 4 - 4 4
10 389 I 4 4a ~ 4a 4a 4a 4a 4a Oa
390 I 4 3 - 3 4 1 4 - 4 0
391 I 4 4 - 4 3 4 4 - 4 4
392 I Oa ~ 1a Oa Oa Oa Oa Oa
393 I 4 4 - 4 4 4 0 - 4 4
394 I 4 - 4 4 3 4 4 - 4 4
395 I 4 - 4 3 4 - 4 - 4
396 I 4 - 4 4 4 - 3 - 4
397 I 4 - 4 3 4 - 4 - 4 3
398 I 4 4 - ~ 3 - 4 4 4 4
399 I Oa _ Oa Oa Oa ~ 3a 4a Oa
400 I 4 - 4 4 0 - 4 - 4 4
401 I 4 - 4 4 0 - 4 - 4 3
402 I 4 - 4 4 0 - 4 - 4 3
403 I 4b Oa Oa Oa 4a 4a la
404 I 4 - 4 3 3 - 4 - 4
405 I 4 - 4 0 4 - 4 - 4 4
406 I 0 - 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 0
407 I Oa la Oa la Oa 3a 4a Oa
530 I 3 - 4 4 0 - 4 - 4 4
180 II 4 4 - - 2 - 4 - 4 4
378 II 4 4 - ~ 3
180 III 4a 4a 3a 4a 3a 4a 4a
:
a lOppm foliar application only
b lOOppm foliar application only
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CHEMICAL FORMULAE
(in description)
K ~ L ~ (I)
CH32C CH.OCH3
is/ CH2 Q is O
CR - \R2, CRl - CR2
~ is CH2 1~ iS O
trans CH - CH trans CN CH
(X)q ~ ~ 1 O ~ (I.l)
CH302C / ~ CH.OCH3
\ X ~ O ~ (I.2)
CH302C ~ ~ CH.OCH3
2~7~3.~
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* X for Compound No 117 is * X for Compound No 118 is
~CH2~ o
trans CH CH trans CH - CH
* Z for Compound No 353 is * Z for Compound No 418 is
N ~ Nl
I H
* Z for Compound No 421 is
CH N~ N
3 ~ 1 ,s5
* Z for Compounds Nos 513 and 514 is
~5~ :
* Z for Compounds Nos 515 and 516 is
Cl ~ S
TABLE I
A
Z-(X) ~ O ~ ~ (I.3)
B / C ~ / OCH3
CH32C H
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TABLE II
_
Z_(X)q l ~ o ~ (I.4)
/ C ~ ~ OCH3
TABLE III
Z-(X) ~ N ~ 1 ~ ~ (1.5)
CH O C / ~C / 3
TABLE IV
Z-(X)q ~ S ~ (I.6)
B ~ C ~ ~ OCH3
TABLE V
X-(X)q ~ 5J~J (1.7)
~ C ~ ~ OCH3
CH32C HC
~ ' , ' ,
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TABLE VI A
Z-(X)q ~N~S~ tI.8)
C~, /OCH3
H
Scheme I
_
A E
Zl (X)~MlT J~ ~IA)
U
U~
(II) A ~ (III)
K~L K~L
Z1(X)~`M~1 Z1(X) 1M1TV
(IV) (V)
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Scheme II
A
Z(X)qlM 1 T ~ (IB)
~ ~ ~7
ylM~l )~ (VI)
E i7l 1`
VT~/ ¦ U J~
(II ) ( III )
A Y1 ~ 1TV
(VII) (VIII)
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